Present-day interest in pyrochlore materials is immense. Academic and industrial researchers working with pyrochlore materials need a fundamental understanding of what pyrochlores are and their potential applications. Pyrochlore Ceramics: Properties, Processing, and Applications provides key knowledge and information needed on pyrochlore materials. With an emphasis on recent research developments, the contents review a broad spectrum of pyrochlore systems, focusing on their structures, their successful synthesis, multifaceted properties, and applications. The book brings all aspects together and presents recent research findings on pyrochlore materials. It will be the definitive text for all researchers who aim to venture into the eclectic world of pyrochlores. In addition, the book will be of interest to researchers who are already working on pyrochlore materials, providing them with novel information on the uncommon virtues of pyrochlore systems.
All chapters presented in the book are at the cutting edge of research and have never been assembled in book form before. Any researcher working in related fields will gain not only a historical perspective but also a comprehensive overview of recent developments. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers working in ceramics and materials science, mechanical, electronics, and chemical engineering, as well as physical and chemical science.
1. Pyrochlore Ceramics - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xi 8. Biographies - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xxvii 10. 1 Crystal chemistry and phase transitions in pyrochlore and related structures - p. 3 11. 2 Crystal growth of magnetic pyrochlore oxides and their structure-property correlations - p. 25 12. 3 Raman spectroscopy study of disorder phenomena and size effects in pyrochlores - p. 95 13. 4 Effect of different fabrication avenues of pyrochlore ceramics toward order–disorder transitions - p. 161 14. 5 Process-structure correlations in complex A2B2O7 systems: Nanoparticles and ceramics - p. 181 15. 6 Electrochemical properties of complex pyrochlores - p. 243 16. 7 Ionic conductivity in materials with a pyrochlore structure - p. 277 17. 8 Nonferroelectric relaxor dielectric properties of pyrochlore phases - p. 295 18. 9 Unusual magnetic properties of ternary Bi- and Ln-containing pyrochlores: From cooperative paramagnetism to canted antiferromagnetism and reentrant spin glass - p. 315 19. 10 Pyrochlores: Prospects as a photocatalyst for environmental and energy applications - p. 339 20. 11 Photoluminescence in pyrochlore structures - p. 375 21. 12 Transparent ceramics based on pyrochlores - p. 399 22. 13 Pyrochlores as cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells - p. 433 23. Index - p. 449
Present-day interest in pyrochlore materials is immense. Academic and industrial researchers working with pyrochlore materials need a fundamental understanding of what pyrochlores are and their potential applications. Pyrochlore Ceramics: Properties, Processing, and Applications provides key knowledge and information needed on pyrochlore materials. With an emphasis on recent research developments, the contents review a broad spectrum of pyrochlore systems, focusing on their structures, their successful synthesis, multifaceted properties, and applications. The book brings all aspects together and presents recent research findings on pyrochlore materials. It will be the definitive text for all researchers who aim to venture into the eclectic world of pyrochlores. In addition, the book will be of interest to researchers who are already working on pyrochlore materials, providing them with novel information on the uncommon virtues of pyrochlore systems.
All chapters presented in the book are at the cutting edge of research and have never been assembled in book form before. Any researcher working in related fields will gain not only a historical perspective but also a comprehensive overview of recent developments. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers working in ceramics and materials science, mechanical, electronics, and chemical engineering, as well as physical and chemical science.
1. Pyrochlore Ceramics - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xi 8. Biographies - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xxvii 10. 1 Crystal chemistry and phase transitions in pyrochlore and related structures - p. 3 11. 2 Crystal growth of magnetic pyrochlore oxides and their structure-property correlations - p. 25 12. 3 Raman spectroscopy study of disorder phenomena and size effects in pyrochlores - p. 95 13. 4 Effect of different fabrication avenues of pyrochlore ceramics toward order–disorder transitions - p. 161 14. 5 Process-structure correlations in complex A2B2O7 systems: Nanoparticles and ceramics - p. 181 15. 6 Electrochemical properties of complex pyrochlores - p. 243 16. 7 Ionic conductivity in materials with a pyrochlore structure - p. 277 17. 8 Nonferroelectric relaxor dielectric properties of pyrochlore phases - p. 295 18. 9 Unusual magnetic properties of ternary Bi- and Ln-containing pyrochlores: From cooperative paramagnetism to canted antiferromagnetism and reentrant spin glass - p. 315 19. 10 Pyrochlores: Prospects as a photocatalyst for environmental and energy applications - p. 339 20. 11 Photoluminescence in pyrochlore structures - p. 375 21. 12 Transparent ceramics based on pyrochlores - p. 399 22. 13 Pyrochlores as cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells - p. 433 23. Index - p. 449
