Publications – Functional Ferroelectrics

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

before 2018

2024:

“BaZrO₃-BaTiO₃-CaTiO₃ piezoceramics by a water-based mixed-oxide route: Synergetic action of attrition milling and lyophilization”

Marzia Mureddu, José F. Bartolomé, Sonia Lopez-Esteban, Maria Dore, Stefano Enzo, Álvaro García,Sebastiano Garroni and Lorena Pardo.

Journal of the European Ceramic Society 44 (5), 2944-2953 (2024)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.12.037

2023:

“Ferroelectric, Dielectric and Electromechanical Performance of Ba_0.92Ca_0.08Ti_0.95Zr_0.05O₃ Ceramics with an Enhanced Curie Temperature”

Ana Cristina Hernández-Moreno, Armando Reyes-Montero, Brenda Carreño Jiménez, Mónica Acuautla and Lorena Pardo.

Materials 16 (6), 2268 (2023)
DOI: 10.3390/ma16062268

“Solid State Processing of BCZT Piezoceramics Using Ultra Low Synthesis and Sintering Temperatures”

Marzia Mureddu, José F. Bartolomé, Sonia Lopez-Esteban, Maria Dore, Stefano Enzo, Álvaro García,Sebastiano Garroni and Lorena Pardo.

Materials 16 (3), 945 (2023)
DOI: 10.3390/ma16030945

Perovskite-like structure ceramic materials and their design for electrical applications.
Chapter 10 in “Perovskite Ceramics. Recent Advances and Emerging applications”.

Armando Reyes-Montero, Rosalba Castañeda-Guzmán,María Elena Villafuerte-Castrejón, José Álvaro Chávez-Carvayar and Lorena Pardo.

Elsevier Series in Advanced Ceramic Materials.
José Luis Clabel Huamán and Victor Anthony García Ribera Eds. Elsevier, Netherlands 2023.
ISBN: 978-0-323-90586-2.

2022:

“Synchrotron XRD: Enlightening the processing-properties correlation in (Bi_0.50Na_0.50)_0.96Ba_0.04TiO₃ (BNBT4) ceramics”

L.E. Fuentes-Cobas, María .E. Montero-Cabrera, J. Plaisier, E.E. Villalobos-Portillo, L. Pardo.

Journal of Solid State Chemistry 316, 123585 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123585

“Processing, microstructure, electrical properties and cytotoxic behaviour of lead-free 0.99K_0.50Na_0.50NbO₃-0.01BiFeO₃ piezoceramics prepared using Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)”

A. Iacomini, S. Garroni, M. Mureddu, L. Malfatti, S. Thakkar, R. Orrù, S. Barbarossa, E. Pakhomova, G. Cao,
J.A. Tamayo-Ramos, S. de la Parra, C. Rumbo, Á. Garcìa, José. F. Bartolomé, L. Pardo.

Journal of Solid State Chemistry 316, 123589 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123589

“Processing, phase evolution and electrical properties of “lead free” KNN–BF–CuO eco-piezoceramic from mechanochemically activated precursors”

Antonio Iacomini, Sebastiano Garroni, Gabriele Mulas, Stefano Enzo, Luca Cappai, Marzia Mureddu,
Costantino Cau, Álvaro García, Lorena Pardo.

Open Ceramics, Volume 9, March 2022, 100247
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123589.

2021:

“Determination of the PIC700 Ceramic’s Complex Piezo-Dielectric and Elastic Matrices from Manageable Aspect Ratio Resonators”

Lorena Pardo , Álvaro García, Franz Schubert, Antje Kynast, Timo Scholehwar, Alfredo Jacas and José F. Bartolomé.

Materials, 14 (15), 4076 (2021)
DOI: 10.3390/ma14154076

“Cyclic Mechanical Fatigue Lifetime of Bi_0.50Na_0.50TiO₃-based Eco-Piezoceramics”

José F. Bartolomé, Luis E. Fuentes-Cobas, Álvaro García, Alfredo Jacas and Lorena Pardo.

Materials, 14(15), 4113 (2021)
DOI: /10.3390/ma14154113

“MgNb₂O₆ Modified K_0.50Na_0.50NbO₃ Eco-Piezoceramics: Scalable Processing, Structural Distortion and Complex Impedance at Resonance”

Antonio Iacomini, Sebastiano Garroni, Nina Senes, Gabriele Mulas, Stefano Enzo, Matteo Poddighe, Álvaro García, José F. Bartolomé, and Lorena Pardo.

Chemistry Open, 10, 798–805 (2021)
DOI: 10.1002/open.202100089

“Confocal Raman microscopy, synchrotron X-ray diffraction and photoacoustic study of Ba_0.85Ca_0.15Ti_0.90Zr_0.10O₃: understanding structural and microstructural response to the electric field ”

A. Reyes-Montero, F. Rubio-Marcos, L. E. Fuentes-Cobas, A. Del Campo, R. Castañeda-Guzmán, M. E. Villafuerte-Castrejón and L. Pardo.

ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3 (7) 2966–2976 (2021)
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.1c00103

“A Virtual Instrument for measuring the piezoelectric coefficients of a thin disc in radial resonant mode”

Francisco Javier Jimenez, Amador M. Gonzalez, Lorena Pardo, Manuel Vazquez-Rodriguez, Pilar Ochoa and Bernardino Gonzalez.

Sensors, 21 (12), 4107 (2021)
DOI: 10.3390/s21124107

“FEA study of shear mode decoupling in non-standard thin plates of a lead-free piezoelectric ceramic”

Pilar Ochoa-Pérez, Amador M. González-Crespo, Álvaro García-Lucas, Francisco J. Jiménez-Martínez, Manuel Vázquez-Rodríguez and Lorena Pardo.

IEEE Trans. UFFC, 68(2), 325-333 (2021)
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2020.2996083
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2020:

“A Modified Iterative Automatic Method for Characterization at Shear Resonance: Case Study of Ba_0.85Ca_0.15Ti_0.90Zr_0.10O₃ Eco-Piezoceramics”

Lorena Pardo, Armando Reyes-Montero, Álvaro García, Alfredo Jacas-Rodríguez, Pilar Ochoa, Amador M. González, Francisco J. Jiménez, Manuel Vázquez-Rodríguez and María Elena Villafuerte-Castrejón.

Materials 13 (7), 1666 (13pp) (2020).
DOI: 10.3390/ma13071666

2019:

“Ba_1-xCa_xTi_0.90Zr_0.10O₃ shear properties and their frequency dependence determined from ceramic plates by an effective method for resonance decoupling”

A. Reyes-Montero, L. Pardo, A. García, A.M. Gonzalez and M.E. Villafuerte-Castrejón

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 806, 428-438 (2019)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.07.210

“A New Prospect in Road Traffic Energy Harvesting Using Lead-Free Piezoceramics”

Manuel Vázquez-Rodríguez, Francisco J. Jiménez, Lorena Pardo, Pilar Ochoa, Amador M. González and José de Frutos.

Materials 12(22), 3725 (16pp) (2019).
DOI:10.3390/ma12223725

“Oxygen vacancy micrometric enrichment in high-performance lead-free piezoelectric ceramic (Bi_0.50Na_0.50)_0.94Ba_0.06TiO₃: A synchrotron radiation study”

JesúsCanche-Tello, María Elena Montero-Cabrera, M.E. Fuentes-Montero, Lorena Pardo, Hilda E.Esparza-Ponce, Hiram Castillo-Michel, Isaí Castillo-Sandoval, José M.Nápoles-Duarte, Samuel D.Juárez-Escamilla, Luis E.Fuentes-Cobas

Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 39(4), 1020-1030 (2019)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.10.010

“Assessment of the functional properties stability in (Ba_0.85Ca_0.15)(Zr_0.10Ti_0.90)O₃ piezoceramics: Huge dielectric and piezoelectric nonlinearity”

Diego A. Ochoa, Armando Reyes-Montero, Francesc Suñol, Maria E. Villafuerte-Castrejón, Lorena Pardo and José E. García

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 774, 410-417 (2019)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.10.060

2018:

“Electric field effect on the microstructure and properties of Ba_0.9OCa_0.1OTi_0.90Zr_0.10O₃ (BCTZ) lead-free ceramics”

A. Reyes-Montero, F. Rubio-Marcos, L. Pardo, A. Del Campo, R. López-Juárez and M. E. Villafuerte-Castrejón

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(13), 5419-5429 (2018)
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA09798K

“Advanced synthesis on lead-free KNN piezoceramics for medical imaging applications”

S. Garroni, N. Senes, A. Iacomini, S. Enzo, G. Mulas, L. Pardo and S. Cuesta López

Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science 1700896 (15pp) (2018)
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201700896

“Electromechanical Anisotropy at the Ferroelectric to Relaxor Transition of (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)_0.94Ba_0.06TiO₃ Ceramics from the Thermal Evolution of Resonance Curves” (FEATURED PAPER)

N. Pérez, A. García, E. Riera and L. Pardo

Appl. Sci. 8(1), 121(12pp) (2018)
DOI: 10.3390/app8010121

“Ecological, Lead-Free, Ferroelectrics”

L. Pardo, M.E. Villafuerte-Castrejón, E. Morán, A. Reyes-Montero, R. Vivar-Ocampo and A. M. González.

Chapter 9 in “Magnetic, Ferroelectric, and Multiferroic Metal Oxides”,

Ed. B.D.Stojanovic.

Elsevier S&T Books. Metal Oxides Series (2018).
ISBN: 9780128111802
Avaliable on request

“Ba_0.9Ca_0.1TiO₃: microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and piezoelectric properties” (INVITED PAPER)

P. Salcedo-Abraira, E. Morán, M. E. Villafuerte-Castrejón, R. Vivar-Ocampo and L. Pardo

Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics, 117(2), 72–77 (2018)
DOI: 10.1080/17436753.2017.1385991

2017:

“Piezoelectric Ceramics of the (1 − x)Bi_0.50Na_0.50TiO₃–xBa_0.90Ca_0.10TiO₃ Lead-Free Solid Solution: Chemical Shift of the Morphotropic Phase Boundary, a Case Study for x = 0.06”

R. Vivar-Ocampo, L. Pardo, D. Ávila, E. Morán, A.M. González, L. Bucio and M.E. Villafuerte-Castrejón

Materials, 10(7), 736(17pp) (2017).

2016:

“Optical and Piezoelectric Study of KNN Solid Solutions Co-Doped with La-Mn and Eu-Fe”

J.A. Peña-Jiménez, F. González, R. López-Juarez, J.M. Hernández-Alcántara,
E. Camarillo, H. Murrieta-Sanchez, L. Pardo and M.E. Villafuerte-Castrejón

Materials, 9(10), 805(14pp) (2016).

“Towards lead-free piezoceramics: facing a synthesis challenge” (FEATURED PAPER)

M. E. Villafuerte-Castrejón, E. Morán, A. Reyes-Montero, R.Vivar-Ocampo, J.A. Peña-Jiménez, S.O. Rea-López and L. Pardo

Materials, 9(1), 21(27pp) (2016)

“Ferro-piezoelectrics under the synchrotron light: a review” (FEATURED PAPER)

L.E. Fuentes-Cobas, M.E. Montero-Cabrera, L. Pardo and L. Fuentes-Montero

Materials, 9(1), 14(34pp) (2016)

“Revisiting the characterization of the losses in piezoelectric materials” (FEATURED PAPER)

A.M. Gonzalez, Á. Garcia, C. Benavente-Peces and L. Pardo.

Materials, 9(2), 72(18pp) (2016)

“Analysis of the rhombohedral and tetragonal symmetries coexistence in lead-free 0.94(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃ – 0.06 BaTiO₃ceramics from nanopowders” (INVITED PAPER)

A.M. Gonzalez, L. Pardo, M.E. Montero-Cabrera and L.E. Fuentes-Cobas.

Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics 115(2), 96-105 (2016)
DOI: 10.1080/17436753.2015.1131906

2015:

“Sub-10µm grain size Ba_1-xCa_xTi_0.9Zr_0.1O₃(x=0.10 and 0.15) piezoceramics processed using a reduced thermal treatment”

A. Reyes-Montero, L. Pardo, R. López-Juárez, A.M. González, S.O. Rea-López, M.P. Cruz and M.E. Villafuerte- Castrejón

Smart Materials and Structures 24, 065033 (2015)

DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/6/065033

”Phase Transitions in Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics Monitored by the Resonance Method”

L. Pardo, A. García, K. Brebøl, E. Mercadeli and C. Galassi.

Physics Procedia 63, 61-66 (2015)

2014:

“Lead-free Ba_0.9Ca_0.1Ti_0.9Zr_0.1O₃ piezoelectric ceramics processed below 1300ºC”

A. Reyes, L. Pardo, R. López, A.M. Gonzalez, M.P. Cruz, and M. E. Villafuerte-Castrejón.

J. Alloys and Compounds 584, 28-33 (2014)

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.08.165

“Piezoelectric materials for power ultrasonic transducers”

L. Pardo.

Chapter 5 in “Power Ultrasonics: Applications of High Intensity Ultrasound” pp.101-125

Eds. Juan A. Gallego-Juárez. and Karl Graff.
Woodhead Publishing Ltd, (November, 2014)
ISBN: 978-1-78242-028-6

“The 0.96(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃ – 0.04BaTiO₃crystal structure: A high-Q, high-counting statistics synchrotron diffraction analysis”

E. Fuentes-Cobas, L. Pardo, M. E. Montero-Cabrera, J. R. Plaisier, A. García, K. Brebøl, E. Mercadelli and C. Galassi.

Crystal Research and Technology 49 (2-3), 190-194 (2014)

DOI: 10.1002/crat.201300433

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“The global and local symmetries of nanostructured ferroelectric relaxor 0.94(Bi _0.5 Na _0.5 )TiO₃ – 0.06BaTiO₃“

M.E. Montero-Cabrera, L. Pardo , A. García, M. E. Fuentes-Montero, M. L. Ballinas-Casarrubias and

L.E. Fuentes-Cobas.

Ferroelectrics 469 (1), 50-60 (2014)

DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2014.948358

“Characterization of Nanostructured Phases and Peculiar Phase Transitions in BNBT Lead-Free Piezoceramics”

L. Pardo, A. García, K. Brebøl, E. Mercadeli and C. Galassi

Advances in Science and Technology, 90 (2014) pp 12-18.

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.90.12

2013:

“Dielectric Constant Tunability at Microwave Frequencies and Pyroelectric Behavior of Lead-Free Submicron-Structured (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)_1-xBa_xTiO₃ Ferroelectric Ceramics”

F. L. Martínez, J. Hinojosa, G. Domenech, F. Luque, J. Zapata, R Ruiz and L. Pardo.

Trans. IEEE UFFC, 60 (8), 1595 (2013)

DOI: 10.1109/TUFFc.2013.2740

2012:

“Fabricating ordered functional nanostructures onto polycrystalline substrates from the bottom-up”

M. Torres, L. Pardo, J. Ricote, L.E. Fuentes-Cobas, B. J. Rodriguez and M. L. Calzada

Nanoparticle Res., 14, 1108-1-10 (2012)

“Modification of a Commercial Nanoindentation System for Measurement of Hysteresis Cycles Under Mechanical Load in Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Films”

D. Rivero, A. García and L. Pardo

Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram. Vidr., 51 (1), 12-19 (2012).