FERROELECTRIC/PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN ADVANCED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

This paper is a brief introduction to the ferroelectric materials and their applications. Ferroelectric materials are very intriguing materials to both fundamental science and technologies. Ferroelectricity is an important critical phenomenon in physics. Ferroelectrics possess unique physical properties which make them very useful in electronics, computer memory unit and micro-electro-mechanic devices. The author proposed some interesting possible applications for the near future.