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1. Lead-free ferroelectric piezocrystals
• Crystal growth method and mechanism
• Phase structure, ferroelectric domains, polar defects
• Dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties characterization
2. Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
• Ceramics processing, doping and post-processing
• Phase diagram, nano grain and grain boundary, texture
• Dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties characterization
• Novel materials system and new processing methods
3. Fundamental problems in lead-free piezoelectric materials
• Morphotropic phase boundary , domain engineering and mesostable phase
• Differences between lead-free and lead-based piezoelectric materials
• Ferroelectric relaxor, dielectric relaxation and polar nanodomains
• Application of Neutron diffraction, synchrotron diffraction, PFM and TEM
4. Lead-free piezoelectric devices and application
• Designing and fabrication of novel high performance piezoelectric devices
• Application of lead free piezoelectric devices
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