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Semiconductors are materials which have resistivities between the extremes of metallic conductors and insulators. A typical scale of conductivity of materials is depicted in Figure 10.1 . Semiconductors lie approximately between conductors ( with σ > 105 siemen/meter ) and insulators (with σ < 10-10 siemen/meter ) . Semiconductors are materials with filled valence bands and have a small forbidden energy gap between the upper-filled band and the overlapping vacant energy band . The electric conduction in Semiconductors is effected by two types of charge carriers namely . electrons ( negative charge carriers ) and holes ( positive charge carriers ) .
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Ferroelectric materials are typically nonlinear dielectrics with the following characteristics :
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Also known as superionic conductors solid electrolytes are ionic materials which exhibit high electrical conductivity ( in comparsion whit liquid electrolytes ) above a certain critical temperature . They are also termed as fast-ion conductors . A solid electrolytes has the following characteristics .
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Ferrites are mixed crystals of various metallic oxides and may be considered to consist of oxygen ions in a closed-packed structure with cations filling the interstices . They have a general formula : MOFe2O3 , xH2O where M is a divalent metallic ion such as Mn2+ , Fe2+ , Co2+ , Ni2+ , Zn2+ , Mg2+ , and Cd2+ . In general , the magnetic satruration intensity to ferrites is lower than that of various metallic magnetic alloys , but the ferrites have very high resistivity and as such are insulator-like . Therefor , the power loss in ferrites is very small especially at high frequencies . Further , ferrites have a narrow hysteresis (BH) loop and can be made with square-loop characteristics .
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Ferromagnetic materials have the ability to carry high magnetic flux . Ferromagnetism refers to the property of increasing the magnetic flux associated with the material when a magnetizing force is applaid , but there exists a saturation point for most of the magnetic materials beyond which the associated magnetic flux does not increase . This condition is referred to as magnetic saturation . Ferromagnetic materials can be distinctly classified into two groups the magnetically soft and magnetically hard . The distinguishing properties are having high permeability and having easy to magnetize for soft materials and hard materials having high coercivity so that once magnetized the materials must be able to resist demagnetizing forces due to any appleid or stary magnetic fiels .
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A piezoelectric Composite is a combination of a piezoelectric ceramic and/or polymer and a nonpiezoelectric polymer constituting a new version of piezoelectric material . In general terms , piezoelectric composite applies to any piezoelectric material resulting from combining a piezoelectric polymer or ceramic with other nonpiezoelectric materials including air-filled voids . Earlier versions of piezoelectric composite synthesized include barium titanate embedded polymer matrix and lead zirconate- titanate (PZT) ceramic Powder dispersed in a polymeric receptacle .Subsequent development are : (i) Flexible piezoelectric composites using PbTiO3 or PZT plus synthetic rubber ; (ii) PVD-based pyroelectric composites ; (iii) woven PZT ceramic/polymer composites
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smart materials refer to a class of materials and/or composite media having inherent intelligence together with self-adaptive capabilities to external stimuli . Also known as intelligent materials they constitute a few subsets of the material family that “ manifest their own functions intelligently depending on environmental changes” . Electromagnetic (EM) smart materials are specific subsets of smart materials wich can adaptively change their EM characteristics when an external stimulus is applied proportional to a sensed EM response.Classically such intelligent material systems have been conceived in the development of mechanical structures which contain their own sensors actuators and self-assessing computational feasibilities so as to modify their structural (elastic) behavior via feedback control capabilities .
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For specific application there is a need for materials which absorb the electromagnetic energy incident on them . These nonreflective electromagnetic wave (EM) absorbing materials are useful as radar absorbing materials (RAMs) as surface coverings in electromagnetic anechoic chambers etc . Their primary function is to absorb and dissipate the electromagnetic energy to which they are exposed so that the reflected and/or scattered electromagnetic component is significantly small. In RAM applications when a target is surface-treated with an absorbing material the radar echo is minimized facilitating an electronic countermeasure technique of low probability of detection of the target by the radar.
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The term electrooptic effect refers to a change in the refractive index of a transparent substance induced by an applied electric field , usually at a frequency below the optic vibrational resonance of the lattice or the molecules involved . the linear and quadratic electrooptic effects are known as the Pockels and kerr effects, respectively . The linear electrooptic ( or Pockels ) effect refers to a change in relative optical dielectric impermeability (Bij) proportional to an applied electric field Ek whos highest frequencies are below the lattice resonance of a crystal .Refractive index of a crystal : Considering light propagation through a crystal the electromagnetic energy stored in a unit volume of dielectric is represented by an ellipsoid whit a geometry that reflects the symmetry of the crystal .
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smart materials refer to a class of materials and/or composite media having inherent intelligence together with self-adaptive capabilities to external stimuli . Also known as intelligent materials they constitute a few subsets of the material family that “ manifest their own functions intelligently depending on environmental changes” . Electromagnetic (EM) smart materials are specific subsets of smart materials wich can adaptively change their EM characteristics when an external stimulus is applied proportional to a sensed EM response.Classically such intelligent material systems have been conceived in the development of mechanical structures which contain their own sensors actuators and self-assessing computational feasibilities so as to modify their structural (elastic) behavior via feedback control capabilities .