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Radiation damage induced by high-energy electron irradiation in zircon is analyzed by using imaging, diffraction and electron energy-loss spectroscopy methods in transmission electron microscopy. The isolated patches have connected each other and eventually cover the whole area of the electron beam and these differ from the previous observations either in the self-irradiated natural and synthetic zircon or in ion-beam irradiated thin zircon specimen.

The powders synthesized by the OPM could be used to obtain dense ceramics of PZT. The electric and dielectric properties were shown to be consistent with those reported for the same system but synthesized by others methods.

Effects of oxygen pressure during deposition were studied with emphasis placed on the electrical and dielectric properties of the films. The optimum oxygen pressure was found to be in the range of 100-125 in torr during the pulsed laser deposition of La-doped and Nb-doped lead zirconate stannate titanates (PLZST) thin films.

A theoretical understanding of magnetoelectric (ME) interactions at low frequencies in layered samples of magnetostrictive-piezoelectric phases, such as ferrite-lead zirconate titanate (PZT). The model predicts the strongest ME affect in cobalt ferrite-lead zirconate titanate (PZT) among ferrite-based composites.

The features of direct-write techniques by fabricating a broad array of 3-X composites through a robotic deposition technique known as robocasting are presented. A systematic study of the dielectric and piezoelectric properties as a function of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is presented.