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Faculty

 

rossetti

George Rossetti, Jr.
Associate Professor
Ph.D.,The Pennsylvania State University
Phone: (860) 486-2922
Email: george.rossetti_jr@uconn.edu

 

Recent Publications

 

1. “A distributed step-like switching model of the continuous field-driven phase transformations observed in PMN-xPT relaxor ferroelectric single crystals,” with K. G. Weber, H. C. Robinson and C. S. Lynch, Acta Mater. 56, 2744-2749 (2008).

2. “Ferroelectric solid solutions with morphotropic boundaries: Vanishing polarization anisotropy, adaptive, polar glass, and two-phase states,” with A. G. Khachaturyan, G. Akcay and Y. Ni, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 114113, 1-15 (2008).

3. “Influence of mechanical boundary conditions on the electrocaloric properties of ferroelectric thin films,” with G. Akcay, S. P. Alpay and J. F. Scott, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 024104, 1-7 (2008).

4. “Inherent nanoscale structural instabilities near morphotropic boundaries in ferroelectric solid solutions,” with A. G. Khachaturyan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 072909, 1-3 (2007).

5. “Magnitude of the intrinsic electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric perovskite thin films at high electric fields,” with G. Akcay, S. P. Alpay and J. V. Mantese, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 252909, 1-3 (2007).

6. “Domain structures and nonlinear mechanical deformation of soft Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3 (PZT) piezoelectric ceramic fibers,” with G. Popov, E. Zlotnikov and N. Yao, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 433, 124-132 (2006).

7. “Phase coexistence near the morphotropic phase boundary in PbZrO3-PbTiO3 (PZT) solid solutions,” with W. Zhang and A. G. Khachaturyan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 072912, 1-3 (2006).

8. “Hydrothermal deposition of <001> oriented epitaxial Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 films under varying hydrodynamic conditions,” with W. L. Suchanek, M. M. Lencka, L. E. McCandlish, R. L. Pfeffer, M. Oledzka, K. Mikulka-Bolen, and R. E. Riman, Cryst. Growth Des. 5, 1715-1727 (2005).

9. “Specific heat study and Landau analysis of the phase transition in PbTiO3 single crystals,” with N. Maffei, J. Phys: Condens. Matter 17, 3953-3963 (2005).

10. “Single crystal like materials by self-assembly of cube-shaped microsize crystals of lead zirconate titanate (PZT),”with X. Liu, E. F. McCandlish, L. E. McCandlish, K. Mikulka-Bolen, R. Ramesh, F. Cosandey, and R. E. Riman, Langmuir 21, 3207-3212 (2005).

11. “Float zone growth and properties of ferroelectric lead titanate,” with N. Maffei, J. Mater. Res. 19, 827-833 (2004).

12. “Structure and bonding in PbZrO3-PbTiO3 alloys,” Br. Ceram. Trans. 103, 83-87 (2004).