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Pyrochlore Ceramics: Properties, Processing, and Applications

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Editor: Anirban Chowdhury

No. of pages: 570

Copyright: © Elsevier 2022

First Edition Publication Date: June 1, 2022

Imprint: Elsevier

Paperback ISBN: 9780323904834

 

Table of Contents:

 

Section 1. Process and structure of pyrochlores

1. Crystal chemistry and phase transitions in pyrochlore and related structures. Authors: Daniel Atencio, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2. Crystal growth of magnetic pyrochlore oxides and their structure-property correlations. Authors: Surjeet Singh and Abhisek Bandyopadhyay, Department of Physics, Center for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India

3. Raman spectroscopy study of disorder phenomena and size effects in pyrochlores. Authors: María Luisa Sanjuán, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, Csic-Universidad de Zaragoza, Department of Materials for Energy, Zaragoza, Spain

4. Effect of different fabrication avenues of pyrochlore ceramics toward order/disorder transitions. Authors: Gordon J. Thorogood, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia; Shirley Chang and Sarah C. Finkeldei, University of California, Irvine, Department of Chemistry, Irvine, CA, United States

5. Process-structure correlations in complex A₂B₂O₇ systems: Nanoparticles and ceramics. Authors: Jejitti Aravind Reddy and Anirban Chowdhury, MAPS (Materials’ Process-Structure Correlations) Laboratory, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihta, Bihar, India

Section 2. Functional properties of pyrochlore systems

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6. Electrochemical properties of complex pyrochlores. Authors: Maria Koroleva, Aleksei G. Krasnov, and Irina Vadimovna Piir, Institute of Chemistry, Federal Research Center Komi Science Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
7. Ionic conductivity in materials with a pyrochlore structure. Authors: Balaji P. Mandal and A.K. Tyagi, Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
8. Non-ferroelectric relaxor dielectric properties of pyrochlore phases. Authors: M.V. Talanov, Research Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
9. Unusual magnetic properties of ternary Bi -and Ln-containing pyrochlores: From cooperative paramagnetism to canted antiferromagnetism and reentrant spin glass. Authors: Olga G. Ellert and Anna V. Egorysheva, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
10. Pyrochlores: Prospects as photocatalyst for environmental and energy applications. Authors: Nishesh Kumar Gupta, Department of Land, Water, and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), Goyang, Republic of Korea; Herlys Viltres, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, CDMX, Mexico; K. Sandeep Rao and S.N. Achary, Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
11. Photoluminescence in pyrochlore structures. Authors: P. Prabhakar Rao, Athira K.V. Raj, and T.S. Sreena, Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Section 3. Diverse applications of pyrochlore materials

 

12. Transparent ceramics based on pyrochlores. Authors: Liqiong An, College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China; Akihiko Ito, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan; Zhengjuan Wang, Guohong Zhou, and Shiwei Wang, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; and Takashi Goto, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
13. Pyrochlores as cathodes in solid-oxide fuel cells. Authors: Nicoleta Cioatera, Elena-Adriana Voinea, and Cezar-Ionuț Spinu, Chemistry Department, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

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