Piezo-Active Composites

Preface.- Piezoelectric Medium and Piezoelectric Sensitivity.- Effective Piezoelectric Coefficients dij*: From Microgeometry to Anisotropy.- Microgeometry of Composites and Their Piezoelectric Coefficients gij*.- Piezoelectric Coefficients eij* and dij*: Combination of Properties at Specific Microgeometry.- Piezoelectric Coefficients eij* and hij*: Other Combination of Properties.- Ways to Improve Piezoelectric Sensitivity of Modern Piezo-active Composites. 

Vitaly Yuryevich Topolov earned the qualification "Physicist. Educator" (honours degree) in 1984 along with the degrees "Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)" and "Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)" in 1987 and 2000, respectively, all from the Rostov State University, Russia. From 1987 to 1991, he worked as a research scientist of the Institute of Physics at the Rostov State University. From 1991 to 2000, he worked as a Senior Lecturer (1991-1992) and an Associate Professor (1992-2000) of the Department of Physics at the Rostov State University. Since 2000, he has been Professor of the same Department. Since December 2006, after reforming the Rostov State University, he is Professor of the Department of Physics at the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don, Russia).

Dr. V. Yu. Topolov was also a visiting scientist at the Moscow State University, Russia (former USSR, 1989), University of Saarland, Germany (1994-1995), Aachen University of Technology - RWTH Aachen, Germany (1998), Karlsruhe Research Center, Germany (2002 and 2003-2004), University of Bath, UK (2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015), and University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy (2008). His research interests include heterogeneous ferroelectrics, smart materials, domain and heterophase structures, as well as electromechanical effects in ferroelectrics and related materials. He earned the special award from the International Science Foundation (1993) and the Soros Associate Professor title and awards from the International Soros Science-Educational Program and the Open Society Institute (1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001). He authored and edited 7 books and 430 scientific papers .


He is a honorary member of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, 2009).


Christopher Rhys Bowen earned a BSc (First Class) in Materials Science at the School of