Group of Ferroelectrics and Multifuntcional Materials
Institute of Physics
UFU
Research
Basic Properties
Spontaneous polarization
Ferroelectricity
Phase transition
Piezoelectricity
Pyroelectricity
Multiferroics
Research Areas
Electroceramics
Dielectrics
Ferroelectrics
Pyroelectrics
Piezoelectrics
Antiferroelectrics
Thin Films
Tunable dielectrics
Resonators
Photo-ferroelectrics
Harvesters and storage energy devices
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) and photovoltaic cells and photodiodes
Glass-ceramics
Optical amplifiers
Optical transmission systems
Ultrasonic-light deflectors
Nanoparticles Compounds
Magneto-electrics
Multiferroics
Bio-multiferroics
Research Topics
Synthesis and processing of ferroelectric, ferromagnetics and multifunctional materials
Development of piezoelectric materials with technological interest
Characterization and phenomenological analyses of ferroelectric thin films and ceramics
Phase transitions analyses in ferroelectrics and related materials
Development of lead-free ferroelectric systems for energy harvesting devices
Dispersion and linear /non-linear dielectric properties in ferroelectric materials
Impedance Spectroscopy applied to the ferroelectrics and related systems
Develeopment of nanoparticle multiferroic systems for biomedical applications
Processing and characterizations of glass-ceramic ferroelectric composites
Ferroelectrics and related sistems for high-frequency tunable devices
Study of ferroelectric materials with semiconductor properties
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells and artificial photosynthesis
Research Projects
Synthesis and investigation of the physical properties of antiferroelectric systems based materials for energy storage devices. FAPEMIG–Universal. Contract Nº TEC-APQ-02875-18.
Physical properties of BFO-modified multiferroic ceramics – Effect of rare-earth cations size. CNPq AVG. Contract Nº 422268/2018-4.
Synthesis and investigation of the physical properties of nano-structured ceramics and thin films. FAPEMIG–PPM-X. Contract No TEC-PPM-00661-16.
Synthesis and characterization of Bi1-xLaxFeO3 thin films for boimedical applications. CNPq PIBIC. Contract Nº 02/2018.
Antiferroelctrics Systems for Energy Harvesting. CLAF – Contract Nº N112.
Estudy of the phases transition in rare-earth modified PZT system. PIBIC – FAPEMIG/2015-0018.
Synthesis and physical properties of ferroelectric materials with technological interest. FAPEMIG – Universal. Contract Nº APQ-02646-14.
Study of the physical properties of piezoelectric materials for application in the aeronautical industry. PIBIC – FAPEMIG/2015-0198.
Development and study of anti-ferroelectric materials for aplication in energy harvesting devices. CNPq – Contract Nº 401072/2014-2.
Synthesis of nano-structured ferroelectric materials with technological interest. CNPq – Universal – B. Contract Nº 477604/2012-9.
Synthesis and improvement of the properties of lead-free magnetoelectric composites. FAPESP – Contract Nº 2013/00134-7. (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Michel Venet Zambrano, UFSCar, SP)
Studies on the conduction properties of barium hexaferrite (BaM) based multiferroic ceramics. FAPEMIG – PEE. Contract Nº PEE-01248-13.
Electric and microwaves properties of ferroelectric materials for practical applications. CNPq – PDE. Contract Nº 245370/2012-9.
Implementation of the piezoelectricity technique for characterization of materials with technological interest. CNPq – PIBIC. Contract Nº 2013-EXA024.
Synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric materials with semiconductor properties. CNPq – PQ. Contract Nº 310972/2012-4.
Implementation of the thermoelectric-analysis (TEA) technique for the study of the phase transitions in ferroelectrics. FAPEMIG – PIBIC. Contract Nº 2013-EXA032.
Implementation of the pyroelectricity technique for the study of the phase transitions in ferroelectrics. CNPq – PIBIC. Contract Nº 2012-EXA012
Synthesis, process and characterization of ferroelectric ceramics for technological interest. Contract Nº 470735/2011-2.
Synthesis and electrical properties of multiferroic-like PZT/BaFe12O19 . Contract Nº AEX 4684/2011-7.
Investigation of the dielectric properties PbTiO3 based ferroelectric systems for practical applications. UFU – Edital PROPP Nº 04/2011.
Synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric and multiferroic materials. FAPEMIG – PPM. Contract Nº TEC-00342-10.
Preparation, characterization and phenomenology of ferroelectric materials with semiconductor properties. CNPq – Master/Doctoral Degree. Contract Nº 558590/2010-1.
Characterization and phenomenology of ferroelectric materials for application in electro-electronic devices. FC/CAPES: Brazil/Spain Researchers Mobility. Contract Nº C.2010.
Investigation of the linear and non-linear dielectric properties in ferroelectric materials. UFU – PROPP. Contract Nº 03/2009
Characterization and phenomenology of ferroelectric materials for application in electro-electronic devices. FAPEMIG – PPP. Contract Nº APQ-00199-09.
Characterization and phenomenology of ferro-electromagnetic materials. CNPq – Mater/Doctoral Degree. Contract Nº 555496/2009-0.
Dielectric relaxation related to single-ionized oxygen vacancies in (Pb1-xLax)(Zr0.90Ti0.10)1-x/4O3 ceramics. FAPEMIG – PEE. Contract Nº CEX-00651/09.
DC electric field induced dielectric anomalies in PMN–PT ferroelectric ceramics. CNPq – AVG. Contract Nº 450500/2010-1.
Latin-american Network of Ferroelectrics – NET43. ICTP, Trieste, Italy.