COST “ELECTROCERAMICS FROM NANOPOWDERS - TheEEStory

MONITORING PROGRESS REPORT 

COST 

Domain Committee “Materials, Physical and Nanosciences” 

COST Action 539 

“ELECTROCERAMICS FROM NANOPOWDERS 

PRODUCED BY INNOVATIVE METHODS 

-ELENA”- 

MONITORING PROGRESS 

REPORT 

Period: from 23 June 2005 to 

31 December 2008 

This Report is presented to the relevant Domain Committee and contains two 

parts: 

I. Management Report prepared by the COST Office/Grant Holder 

II. Scientific Report prepared by the Chair of the Management Committee of the 

Action 

The report is a “cumulative” report, i.e. it is updated annually and covers the entire period 

of the Action. 

Confidentiality: the documents will be made available to the public via the COST Action 

web page except for chapter II.C. Self evaluation. 

Based on the monitoring results, the COST Office will decide on the following year’s 

budget allocation.

I. Management Report prepared by the COST Office 

I.A. COST Action Fact Sheet 

● COST Action 539: “Electroceramics from Nanopowders produced by Innovative Methods- 

ELENA” 

• Domain MPNS “Materials, Physical and Nanosciences” 

• Action details: 

Draft Mou: 240/05 Mou: 277/05 

Start of Action: 23/06/2005 Entry into force: 27/05/2005 

End of Action: 22/12/2009 CSO approval date: 15/03/2005 

• Objectives (from DB as in About COST) 

The main Objective of the Action is to improve the physical and electronic properties of 

advanced electroceramics and thick fi lms produced by chemical, physical and mechanical 

synthesis techniques focusing on the polymeric precursors, sol-gel, spray pyrolysis, 

microemulsion, ultrasonic and freezedrying methods. 

• Signatories: list of countries and date of signature 

Parties 

Country Date Country Date Country Date Country Date 

Belgium 09/06/2005 Bulgaria 20/05/2005 Czech 

Republic 

27/06/2005 Finland 05/06/2007 

France 21/06/2005 Germany 25/05/2005 Greece 28/11/2006 Hungary 21/06/2005 

Italy 30/05/2005 Lithuania 21/06/2005 Norway 21/06/2005 Poland 26/05/2005 

Portugal 05/01/2006 Romania 01/06/2005 Serbia 27/05/2005 Slovak 

Republic 

21/06/2005 

Slovenia 30/08/2005 Spain 24/05/2005 Sweden 26/04/2006 Switzerland 29/06/2005 

United 

Kingdom 

Total: 21 

21/06/2005 

• Intentions to sign: 

Intentions to accept: list of countries and date 

Country Date Country Date Country Date Country Date 

Israel 02/06/2006 

Total: 1

● Participating Institutions from non-COST countries: 

Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University (JP) 

Chemistry Institute of the University of Sao Paulo State (BR) 

Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences (RU) 

Department of Functional Oxide Materials of the Institute for Problems of Materials Science of National 

Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (UA) 

Technical University of Moldova (MD) 

NanoCenter, Baku State University of Azerbaijan (AZE) 

Management Commitee 

Chair Vice Chair DC Rapporteur 

Professor Biljana STOJANOVIC 

Centre for Multidisciplinary 

Studies 

University of Belgrade 

Kneza Viseslava 1a 

Belgrade RS 

biljana@ibiss.bg.ac.yu 

Contacts 

Dr. Carmen GALASSI 

Institute of science and 

technology of ceramics 

Via Granaloro, 64 

Faenza RA IT 

carmen@istec.cnr.it 

Dr. Witold LOJKOWSKI 

Institute of High Pressure Physics 

Polish Academy of Science 

Sokolowska str. 29 

Warsaw PL 

wl@unipress.waw.pl 

MC Chair Science Officer: Administrative Officer: 

Professor Biljana STOJANOVIC 

biljana@ibiss.bg.ac.yu 

Ms. Caroline WHELAN 

COST Office 

cwhelan@cost.esf.org 

• Action Web site: http://www.cost539.cms-bg.net 

• Grant Holder(name, e-mail) 

• Working Groups 

►WG1 Synthesis and characterisation of nanostructured powders 

Milena STOYANOVA 

COST Office 

mstoyanova@cost.esf.org 

+32 2 533 38 00 

►WG2 Processing and characterisation of electroceramics and thick films 

►WG3 Functional characterisation of electroceramic materials and films

I.B. Management Committee member list 

Belgium 

Professor Marlies VAN BAEL 

MC Member 

Universiteit Hasselt Instituut voor 

Materiaalonderzoek, 

Anorganische en Fysische 

Chemie, Agoralaan, D 3590 

DIEPENBEEK Belgium 

marlies.vanbael@uhasselt.be 

Bulgaria 

Professor Elena KASHCHIEVA 

MC Member 

Professor Serge HOSTE 

MC Substitute Member 

Universiteit Gent Krijgslaan 281 

9000 Gent Belgium 

Serge.Hoste@rug.ac.be 

Professor Rudi CLOOTS 

MC Member 

Chemistry Institute B6University of 

Liege Sart-Tilman, PO Box B6 

4000 Liege Belgium 

rcloots@ulg.ac.be 

University of Chemical Technology & Metallurgy, Department of Physics, 8 Kl.Ohridsky Blvd. 1756 

Sofia Bulgaria 

elena_kashchieva@yahoo.com 

Czech Republic 

Dr. Karel MACA 

MC Member 

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno 

University of Technology Technicka 2896/2 616 

69 Brno Czech Republic 

maca@fme.vutbr.cz 

Finland 

Dr. Marina TJUNINA 

MC Member 

Dr. Premysl VANEK 

MC Member 

Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicThe 

Institute of Physics Na Slovance 2 18221 Prague 


vanek@fzu.cz 

University of OuluMicroelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories 

Faculty of TechnologyUniversity of Oulu PL 4500, FI-90014 Oulun yliopisto, Oulu, Finland 90014 

Oulu Finland 

marinat@ee.oulu.fi

France 

Dr. Pascal MARCHET 

MC Member 

SPCTS UMR 6638 CNRSFaculte des Sciences et Laboratoire Structure Proprietes Modelisation des 

techniquesUniversite de Limoges 123 Avenue 

Albert thomas 87060 Limoges France 

pascal.marchet@unilim.fr 

Germany 

Dr. Ren HONGMING 

MC Member 

Zoz GmbH Maltoz-Strasse 57482 Wenden 

Germany 

ren@zoz.de 

Greece 

Dr. Evagelia MOSHOPOULOU 

MC Member 

Dr. Philippe GAUCHER 

MC Member 

SolidesCNRS UMR 8580 Grande Voie des Vignes, 

92295 CHATENAY MALABRY CEDEX France 

gaucher@spms.ecp.fr 

Dr. Christian PITHAN 

MC Member 

Forschungszentrum Julich,Institut fur 

Festkorperforschung 

52425 JULICH Germany 

c.pithan@fz-juelich.de 

National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos Institute of Materials Science 

Agia Paraskevi Attikis Greece 

evagelia@ims.demokritos.gr 

Hungary 

Dr. Laszlo ALMASY 

MC Member 

Research Institute for Solid State Physics and 

Optics PO Box 49 1525 Budapest Hungary 

almasy@sunserv.kfki.hu 

Israel 

Mr. Aleksej ETIN 

MC Member 

Technion Department of Chemical Engineering, 

Technion 32000 Haifa Israel 

liosha@tx.technion.ac.il 

Dr. Akos KUKOVECZ 

MC Member 

UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED RERRICH BELA TER 1 

6720 SZEGED Hungary 

kakos@chem.u-szeged.hu 

Professor Dideon GRADER 

MC Member 

Technion IIT - Israel Institute of TechnologyTechnion 

IIT - Israel Institute of Technology 

32000 Haifa Israel 

grader@techunix.technion.ac.il

Italy 

Dr. Carmen GALASSI 

MC Member 

Institute of Science and Technology of Ceramics 

Via Granarolo, 64I I-48018 Faenza RA Italy 

carmen.galassi@istec.cnr.it 

Lithuania 

Professor Jonas GRIGAS 

MC Member 

FACULTY OF PHYSICSVILNIUS UNIVERSITY 

Sauletekio ave 9/3 10222 VILNIUS Lithuania 

jonas.grigas@ff.vu.lt 

Norway 

Professor Kjell WIIK 

MC Member 

Professor Paolo NANNI 

MC Member 

IENI-CNR Via De Marini 6 16149 Genoa Italy 

p.nanni@ge.ieni.cnr.it 

Professor Juras BANYS 

MC Member 

Vilnius University Physics Vilnius University 

Sauletekio 9 10222 Vilnius Lithuania 

juras.banys@ff.vu.lt 

Section for inorganic chemistryNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Sem 

Saelandsvei 12 7491 Trondheim Norway 

kjell.wiik@material.ntnu.no 

Poland 

Dr. Izabela SZAFRANIAK-WISA 

MC Member 

INSTITUTE OF MATERIAL SCIENCE AND 

ENGINEERINGPOZNAN UNIVERSITY OF 

TECHNOLOGY M. Sklodowska-Curie Sq 5 60- 

965 POZNAN Poland 

Izabela.Szafraniak@put.poznan.pl 

Portugal 

Dr. Javier PEREZ DE LA CRUZ 

MC Member 

Inesc Porto Materials Rua do 

Campo Alegre, 687 4169-007 

Porto Portugal 

jcruz@inescporto.pt 

Professor Bozena HILCZER 

MC Member 

Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Molecular 

Physics ul. Smoluchowskiego 17/19 60179 Poznan 

Poland 

bhilczer@ifmpan.poznan.pl 

Professor Paula Maria SILVEIRINHA VILARINHO 

MC Member 

UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO 

3810-193 Aveiro Portugal 

paulas@cv.ua.pt

Romania 

Dr. Maria ZAHARESCU 

MC Member 

Institute of Physical Chemistry Jlie Murgulescu of 

the Romanian Academy 

Bucharest Romania 

mzaharescu@icf.ro 

Serbia 

Professor Vladimir SRDIC 

MC Member 

Professor Liliana MITOSERIU 

MC Member 

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Bvd. Carol I nr. 11 

Iasi Romania 

lmtsr@uaic.ro 

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGYUNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD 

Bul. Cara Lazara 1 21000 Novi Sad Serbia 

srdicvv@uns.ns.ac.yu 

Slovak Republic 

Dr. Vladimir KOVAL 

MC Member 

SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCESINSTITUTE 

OF MATERIALS RESEARCH Watsonova 47 043 

53 KOSICE Slovak Republic 

koval@imrnov.saske.sk 

Slovenia 

Dr. Barbara MALIC 

MC Member 

INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN Jamova str. 39 1000 

Ljubljana Slovenia 

barbara.malic@ijs.si 

Spain 

Professor Jose M. TORRALBA 

MC Member 

ESCUELA POLITECNICA 

SUPERIORUNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III AVDA. 

DE LA UNIVERSIDAD 30 28911 

MADRID Spain 

torralba@ing.uc3m.es 

Professor Jan DUSZA 

MC Member 

Slovak Academy of SciencesInstitute of Materials 

Research Watsonova 47 043 53 Kosice Slovak 

Republic 

dusza@imrnov.saske.sk 

Dr. Marija KOSEC 

MC Substitute 

Marija.Kosec@ijs.si 

Dr. Lorena PARDO MATA 

MC Member 

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones 

CientificasInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid 

(ICMM) Cantoblanco 28049 

Madrid Spain 

lpardo@icmm.csic.es

Sweden 

Professor Venkat RAO 

MC Member 

Royal Institute of TechnologyRoyal Institute of Technology Brinellvagen 23, Rm 226 SE100 44 

Stockholm Sweden 

rao@kth.se 

Switzerland 

Dr. Paul BOWEN 

MC Member 

LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES 

POUDRES - EPFL-STI-IMX-LTP N/A - Please 

update this record 1015 

LAUSANNE Switzerland 

paul.bowen@epfl.ch 

United Kingdom 

Professor Robert FREER 

MC Member 

Professor Nava SETTER 

MC Member 

EPFLCeramics LaboratoryFaculty of 

EngineeringSwiss Federal Institute of Technology 

EPFL, STI IMX LC, Station 12 1015 

Lausanne Switzerland 

nava.setter@epfl.ch 

Materials Science CentreSchool of MaterialsUniversity of Manchester Grosvenor Street Manchester 

United Kingdom 

robert.freer@manchester.ac.uk 

Non-COST Participants 

Japan 

Professor Mamoru SENNA 

Keio University 

Russian Federation 

Professor AVVAKUMOV 

Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences 

Ukraine 

Professor Maya GLINCHUK 

Institute for Problems of Materials Science of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 

Brazil 

Professor Jose A. VARELA 

Chemistry Institute of the University of Sao Paulo State

Republic of Moldova 

Ghenadii KOROTCENKOV 

Technical University of Moldova 

Azerbaijan 

Dr. Mustafa MURADOV 

NanoCenter, Baku State University

I.C.Overviewactivitiesand expenditure 

Action 539 - budget from 22-juin-2006 to 31-déc-2008 

Meetings 

Meeting Type Date Place Paid part Cost Total 

Working Group 15-nov-2006 Bruxelles (BE) 31 22130.32 

Working Group 11-mai-2007 Duisburg (DE) 7 4139.03 

Management Committee 17-juin-2007 Berlin (DE) 23 13899.47 

In conjunction with Workshop/Conference 02-sept-2007 Bled (SI) 30 19190.36 

Working Group 03-nov-2007 Athens (GR) 4 2251.64 

In conjunction with Workshop/Conference 29-janv-2008 Leysin (CH) 22 15854.99 

Working Group 18-avr-2008 Belgrade (RS) 5 3394.55 

In conjunction with Workshop/Conference 14-mai-2008 Warsaw (PL) 4 1916.9 

Joint Management Committee/Working 26-juin-2008 Group Genova (IT) 42 38841.56 

In conjunction with Workshop/Conference 01-sept-2008 Manchester (uk) 27 22369.63 

Working Group 14-nov-2008 Bruxelles (BE) 7 4648.74 

148637.2 

STSM 

Beneficiary Date From To Cost Total 

Ms ELENA-DANIELA ION 03-juil-2006 Ljubljana (SI) Lausane (CH) 1800 

Ms Naama Klein 08-oct-2006 Lausanne (CH) Bristol (uk) 790 

Mr Cristian Andronescu 20-sept-2006 Bucharest (RO) Novi Sad (CS) 900 

Ms Elisa Mercadelli 14-oct-2006 Faenza (IT) MADRID (ES) 1100 

Mr Povilas Keburis 06-nov-2006 Vilnius (LT) Aveiro (PT) 1300 

Mr Robertas Grigalaitis 20-nov-2006 Vilnius (LT) Manchester (uk) 1020 

Ms Katarina Marinkovic 21-nov-2006 Belgrade (CS) 28911-Leganes, Madrid 1500 (ES) 

Ms Olena Okhay 15-mai-2007 3810 Aveiro (PT) 182 21 Prague 8 (CZ)1500 

Ms Rita Smajda 11-juin-2007 Szeged (HU) Lausanne (CH) 1500 

Ms Nikolina Pavlovic 05-août-2007 Novi Sad (RS) Vilnius (LT) 1225 

Mr Viktor Lukac 20-août-2007 Rez (CZ) Ljubljana (SI) 670 

Ms Jelena Bobic 10-sept-2007 Belgrade (RS) Ljubljana (SI) 1500 

Ms Mirjana Vijatovic 24-sept-2007 Belgrade (RS) Laussane (CH) 1400 

Dr Georgi Chernev 15-sept-2007 Sofia (BG) Aveiro (PT) 1800 

Mr Jin WANG 08-oct-2007 Lausanne (CH) Bristol (uk) 1140 

Mr Christopher De Dobbelaere 17-oct-2007 Diepenbeek (BE) Madrid (ES) 1500 

Dr Tadej Rojac 19-nov-2007 Ljubljana (SI) Poznan (PL) 1500 

Ms Florentina Violeta Maxim 21-janv-2008 Aveiro (PT) Lausanne (CH) 2500 

Dr Songhak Yoon 01-avr-2008 Jülich (DE) Stockholm (SE) 1700 

Ms Lavinia-Petronela Curecheriu 29-mars-2008 Iasi (RO) Genoa (IT) 2400 

Dr Harvey Amorín 11-mai-2008 Madrid (ES) Caen (FR) 840 

Ms Eva Bartonickova 04-juin-2008 61669 Brno (CZ) 7030 Trondheim (NO)1280 

Dr Zorica Marinkovic Stanojevic 05-oct-2008 Belgrade (RS) Poznan (PL) 1400 

Mr Gabor Kozma 13-oct-2008 Szeged (HU) Ljubljana (SI) 990 

33,255 

Workshops 

Title Date Place Cost Total 

Working Group leaders meeting 11-mai-2007 Duisburg (DE) 660 

Management Committee meeting in conjunction 17-juin-2007 with Conference??? Berlin (DE) 550 

3WP -ELENA 2007 Workshop "Nanostructured 02-sept-2007 Materials: Processing Bled (SI) and Application" 

1,774 

Core Group Meeting (MC Chair, MC Vice-Chair, 03-nov-2007 Working Group Athens Leaders) (GR) 445 

"NanoMetro Training & Workshop on Powder 29-janv-2008 Characterisation Leysin (CH) 512 

Core Group meeting 18-avr-2008 Belgrade (RS) 600 

Interdomain Meeting between COST 539 14-mai-2008 and COST D32 meeting Warswaw (PL) 820 

Workshop meeting "Fabrication, Properties 26-juin-2008 & Applications Genova of electroceramic (IT) nanostructures" in conjunction 3,000 with the 5th MC meeting 

8,361 

General Support Grants 

Title Date Cost Total 

General 31/12/2005 1500 

General 31/12/2006 1500 

General 31/12/2007 2000 

General 31/12/2008 2000 

31/12/2009 2000 

9,000 

199252.7

II. Scientific Report prepared by the Chair of the Management Committee of 

the Action 

II.A. RESULTS achieved in period June 2005- December 2008 

II.A.1.WG1: Synthesis and characterisation of nanostructured powders 

Coordinators 

Paul Bowen paul.bowen@epfl.ch Switzerland 

Markus Winterer markus.winterer@uni-duisburg.de Germany 

There are 23 groups from 16 countries contributing to research and development within the 

theme of Working Group 1 "Synthesis and characterization of nanopowders prepared by nonconventional 

techniques". The various groups are working on topics that fall within the 3 subproject 

groups set out in the memorandum of collaboration for the COST Action 539 - ELENA and 

these are: 

SP1 Chemical methods for nanopowder synthesis and characterization of powders 

SP2 Physical methods for nanopowders synthesis and characterization of powders. 

SP3 Mechanical methods for nanopowders synthesis and characterization of powders 

Main topics were: 

1. Soft Chemistry (Sol-Gel, precipitation, polymeric precursor) 

2. Vapour Phase Methods (CVS, CVD, Spray-drying, spray pyrolysis) 

3. Mechanochemical Synthesis 

4. Powder Characterisation (PSD, SSA, XRD, SEM, TEM) 

Table 2. The different sub-topics and partners involved in Working Group 1 

Topic Interested Groups 

1. Soft Chemistry 

(Sol-Gel, gel combustion, precipitation, 

polymeric precursor) 

2. Vapour Phase Methods 

(CVS,CVD,Spray pyrolysis) 


4. Powder Characterisation 

(PSD, SSA, XRD, SEM, TEM, SAXS, 

SANS, XPS, Raman, FTIR) 

B.Samuneva, A.Kukovecz, V.Premsyl, B.Stojanovic, V.Srdic, 

B. Malic, A. Kania, Q. Zhang, C. Galassi, M. Van Bael, M. Zaharescu, 

L. Calzada 

A. Kukovecz, V. Srdic, M. Winterer, K. Wiik, M-J. Torralba, 

C. Galassi, O. Milosevic 

R. Hongming, M. Senna, B. Stojanovic, M-J. Torralba, A. Castro 

B. Samuneva, P. Bowen, C. Galassi, V. Premsyl, A. Kukovecz, 

R. Hongming, M. Senna, B. Stojanovic, M-J. Torralba, V. Srdic, 

M. Winterer, B. Malic, A. Kania, L. Almasy, B. Hilczer, N. Romcevic, 

M. Zaharescu, M. Van Bael, K. Wiik, A. Castro, L. Calzada 

Specific activities 

There are two key scientific issues associated with WG1 that being addressed in the final 

years of the action, these are: 

(i) Nanopowder metrology 

This will involve the development of powder characterisation protocols within the Cost 

Action 539 to improve the assessment of powder characteristics between groups and allow a 

quantitative comparison between powder synthesis methods. This has been led by EPFL-P. Bowen 

and N.Jongen and a proposal submitted to the Swiss COST Agency has been accepted. The Swiss 

sub-project to the preparation protocols for nanosized powder has started in February 2007. Data 

collected on silica and aluminas nanosized particles are currently being evaluated and protocols for

the following methods being written: Particle size distribution measurement (PSD) (3 instruments, 

2 disc centrifuges and photon correlation spectroscopy), Specific surface area measurement (SSA), 

X-ray diffraction crystallite size from line broadening (XRD), Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), 

Density measurements (DEN), porosity and pore size distribution by nitrogen adsorption desorption 

(NAD) (particularly useful for characterising aggregated nanopowders), Thermal gravimetric 

analysis (TGA) (often important in helping differentiate between the surface hydroxylation of 

various washing and drying treatments of high surface area powders such as nanopowders), zeta 

potential measurements (electrophoresis and electroacoustics, useful for the next processing steps in 

ceramic forming as well as characterising indirectly the powder’s surface chemistry). In 2008, data 

collected on reference powders have been evaluated and protocols for certain methods written and 

others started. Also a series of samples from COST 539 partners have been characterised using the 

protocols and compared when possible with characterisation of the same powers provided by the 

individual partner. 

As the Reference Powders have been chosen: 

- γ-Alumina: commercial powder Nanotek (spherical particles), 

- Silica (SiO2): two commercial Klebosol (suspension) (spherical particles), 

- Barium titanate (BaTiO3): TechPowder SA – LTP powder, produced with Segmented Flow 

Tubular Reactor (SFTR). 

These powders have been intensively studied at EPFL, which led to numerous quantitative 

and comparable data. They cover 20 – 200 nm range, typical of most “real” ceramic powders.The 

measurements have been repeated several times (4–6) on the same sample for reproducibility. 

Several sample preparations have been done if time and powder quantity allow. An overview of the 

results obtained through different techniques on these reference powders is given in Special Anex of 

this Report. They show how the equipment used for the measurement can influence the result (for 

example with γ-Al2O3 powder). Finally this study led to the development of a “Powder database” in 

order to conserve all the measurements made on powders measured in the NANOMETRO project, 

and also in all the different projects conducted in the laboratory. It is a powerful tool which allows a 

rapid overview of all the characteristics of one material, and to compare methods and materials. The 

example of such data on the material BaTiO3 was circulated to all COST action partners in summer 

2008. 

Testing of protocols within COST Action 539 was started through circulating of the protocols 

within the COST Action partners. They have already been used for a first series of powders 

produced in the COST ACTION 539 (TiO2, BaTiO3-Pechiny process, Hydroxy apatite 

Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 and LiNO3). The early results show how results compare between methods and or 

laboratories are often very good but some show significant deviations (200 %), particularly for 

particle size measurement using different instruments. The reasons for the deviations are often 

associated with the experimental protocol as well as the instrumental limitations. Therefore the use 

of well-established protocols is an essential base to collect data with a systematic approach, in 

order to compare and interpret scientific results with more accuracy and reproducibility. 

Due to that a Powder characterisation workshop was organised in Leysin (Switzerland), 

January 29-31, 2008, between the COST partners. Three days were dedicated to powder 

characterisation, through a training session given by Dr Paul Bowen which aimed at introducing 

basic methods used to characterise powders, and 15 oral presentations from the participants, to 

share scientific advances. The first protocol drafts were given to all the participants, and some 

powders have been taken at LTP for comparative characterisations between COST partners. There 

were 27 participantsfrom COST 539 plus 4 participants-members of the COST action D32. That 

joint participation led to a further COST Inter Domain meeting: COST 539 and COST D32 on 

14/05/2008- Warsaw (Poland) on the subject of Nanopwoder metrology. Besides, The Leysin 

NanoMetro training session entitled “Particle size measurement and powder characterisation” 

aimed at introducing basic methods used to characterise powders. Discussions of the basis of the

scientific methods and their limitations were presented. Practical applications with real powders 

were discussed in detail. The course was much appreciated from the participants. 

It is important to point that the main part on Nanometrolgy has been completed. The protocols 

will continue circulated among the COST partners up tp June 2009 expecting a large use of them, 

and increasing interactions between the COST partners. It is now important to contact other groups 

such as the ASTM and ISO groups working on nanometrology in order to extend the use of these 

protocols. 

(ii) Assessement of the different synthesis methods for their applicability to the production of 

nanosized powders for electroceramic applications 

The main aim of ELENA is to produce new innovative electroceramics with nanosized grain 

structures - mainly via powders produced from innovative methods. The biggest challenge for WG1 

is in fact to assess the 3 categories of powder synthesis being explored in the action for the end goal. 

Some key characteristics for powders issuing from the different methods that will allow an 

objective assessment of the powder quality are: particle size distribution and shape of powder (as 

well as general characteristics), degree of agglomeration (key for sintering and grain size in the 

sintered ceramic), phase purity of powder (and eventually sintered ceramic), grain size of sintered 

ceramic and ceramic properties to be carried out in collaboration with a partner or as partner in 

WG2 and WG3 and economic assessment of method for small or larger tonnage production. 

At the end of the second year of COST 539 realization (from June 2007) many different 

chemical systems had been identified as of interest for electroceramic applications where nanosized 

powders may offer advantages over micron sized powders. During the MC meeting in Berlin June 

2007 the conclusions for WG1 were that future activities were to continue to focus on specific 

powders of interest to each partner (as the individual research is financed outside of the COST 

framework). However, to allow a more quantitative comparison between synthesis and processing 

methods for electroceramic applications; the synthesis and processing by different methods some 

“representative compositions of electroceramic nanopowders “ was proposed. 

After further meetings and workshop discussions these powders were identified as the 

following: 

- TiO2 or ZnO, 

- KNbO3 or NaNbO3 or KxNa(1-x)NbO3 , and 

- BaTiO3 

This will be attempted during the final year of the project where comparison of methods will 

be attempted for the above or similar powders where possible. 

On the continuing research on nanopowder synthesis for electroceramic applications 

promising results have been shown for many types of powders including Al2O3, LiFe2PO4, La2O3- 

CoO3-SiO2, (1-x)NaNbO3:xSrTiO3, 0.92PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-0.08PbTiO3 , (1-x)BiScO3-xPbTiO3, ZnO, 

TiO2, PZT, ZrO2, MgxZn1−xFe2O4 , Li4Ti5O12, SrTiO3, ZnFe2O4, PbTiO3 , YzS and Bi4Ti3O12. 

Table 3a. and 3b. show the summary/progress and some details of powder characteristics 

collected. 

Table 3a. Powder produced, methods used and powder characteristics 

Powders Method Characteristics 

B. Stojanovic 

perovskites 

nanopowderses 

Aurivillius perovskites 

J. Torralba 

Nanoparticles of Al2O3 

Mech.synthesis, 

Pechini,sol-gel 

mixed-oxides 

Aerosol 

(Spray pyrolysis) 

Grain size, powder particle mormhology, ophase composition, 

crystal structure (TEM, SEM, XRD, Rietveld. Raman, IR) 

Nanostructured with spherical morphology, Stoichiometric 

composition, dense particles and with narrow size distributions.

Nanoparticles 

of LiFe2PO4 

Naonoparticles 

of Gd2O3:Eu 

K. Wiik 

Aerosol 


Aerosol meth. 

(Spray Pyrolysis) 

Nanostructured particles with spherical morphology, 

Stoichiometric composition, hollow particles and with narrow 

size distributions. XRD crystallite size of 20 nm, crystalline 

phase identified by TEM 

Nanostructured particles with spherical morphology, 

Stoichiometric composition, hollow or dense particles and with 

narrow size distributions. the Surface morphology by evaluatde 

nanotomography techniques, crystalline phase identified by 

TEM 

LaNbO4 Spray pyrolysis Particle size characterisation: SEM- 90nm, SSA-BET(10 m 2 /g, 

DBET 90 nm),PSD (LD Dv50 =90 nm) 

B. Malič 

Perovskites nanopowders 

Mechanochemical 

synthesis, solution 

synthesis 

O. Milosevic 

Gd2O3:Eu Aerosol route 

Grain size, powder particle morphology (TEM, SEM), phase 

composition, crystal structure (TEM, SEM, XRD, Rietveld 

method) 

Nanophased, spherical submicronic phosphor particles 

exhibiting Red luminescence, 612 nm behaviour- D XRD – 40 nm 

in 800 nm spherical aggregates as secondary particles 

Y2O3:Eu Aerosol route Nanophased, spherical submicronic phosphor particles 

exhibiting luminescence behaviour 

YAG:Ce Aerosol route Nanophased, spherical submicronic phosphor particles 

exhibiting luminescence behaviour 

Al2O3 Aerosol route Spherical, Stoichiometric, hollow, narrow size distribution 

LiFe2PO4 

B. Samuneva 

MgxZn1−xFe2O4 

La2O3-CoO3-SiO2 

M. Zaharescu 

LiCoO2 

LaCoO3 

Aerosol 


Citric method 

Sol-gel method 

Water-based sol–gel 

method with citric 

acid 

Water-based sol–gel 

method 

acid 

with citric 

Narrow size distribution, spherical 

XRD, FTIR, Mössbauer spectroscopy, magnetic and 

supperparamagnetic properties, particle size= 5-8 nm 

XRD, FTIR, BET, TEM, SEM, good pahse purity depending on 

organic ligand XRDcrystallite size= 50-100 nm 

Aggregates of about 200nm, pure LiCoO2 cubic phases, specific 

capacity during first delithiation is 155 mAh g -1 while the 

specific capacity during lithiation is 112 mAh g -1 

Porous Aggregates primary crystallites about 50 nm, pure 

LaCoO3 rhombohedral phases, between 20 and 400°C the 

sample behaves as an n-type semiconductor 

Doped-Bi2O3 Solid State Bi2O3 (Sb2O3 or Ta2O3 doped, 5% mole ratio) Major phase with 

tetragonal symmetry, minor with cubic symmetry, localised in 

the boundary area. Sb promotes uniform grains (~50 µm), The 

calculated activation energies in the temperature range of: 473– 

673K for the two ceramic materials have comparable values: Ea 

= 0.998 eV/mol for Ta doped Bi2O3 and 1.069 eV/mol for Sb 

BiFeO3 


activation 

doped Bi2O3, respectively. 

A critical limit of the grain size of 550-600 nm was obtained. 

After long period of comminution (30 h), one can mention the 

presence of BiFeO3 perovskite phase in the powder, 

accompanied by Bi36Fe2O57. A tendency of amorphysation was 

present during all experiments. 

M.K. Van Bael 

ZnO Hydrothermal Nanoparticles & rods 

TiO2 

Hydrothermal Nanoparticles,rods/tubes, 

Sol(ution)-gel Mesoporous layers, dense layers 

PZT Sol(ution)-gel (Nano)particles (Aveiro), dense layers 

YSZ Sol(ution)-gel & 

Hydrothermal 

Nanoparticles, core-shell structures with Al2O3 

ZrO2 Hydrothermal

P. Vanek 

EuTiO3 

LaNiO3 

Ba0.5Sr1.5Zn2Fe12O22 

Mechanically 

activated solid-state 

(Eu2O3, Ti2O3) 

Water solution solgel 

(nitrates, malic 

acid) 

Water solution solgel 

(nitrates, citric 

acid) 

XRD, FTIR spectroscopy, dielectric measurements under 

magnetic field 

XRD 

XRD 

KTaO3 Alkoxide sol-gel XRD 

MgFe2O4/SiO2 

(nanocomposite in SiO2 

matrix) 

Q. Zhang 

Microemulsion XRD, SEM, TEM (primary particles 4-21nm), magnetic 

measurements ferri- or superparamagnetic, depending on 

preparation and temperature, Mössbauer spectroscopy, MgFe2O4 

spinel phase, SiO2 –amorphous 

BaTiO3 

M. Senna 

Hydrothermal SEM shows particles of 50 ~ 200 nm 

Li4Ti5O12 

V. Srdic 

Softmechanochemical 

Mechanical activation on the intermediate, Li2TiO3 with 

additives like glycine or alanine and a second firing below 

700°C resulted in Li2TiO3 with its phase purity above 97% and 

average particle size as small as 70nm 

SrTiO3,PbTiO3, Bi4Ti3O12 Wet-chemical 

In &Y doped ZnFe2O4 

A. Castro 

synthesis 

(1-x)NaNbO3:xSrTiO3 Mechanosynthesis Nanosized crystalline particles ~10 nm (measured by TEM, 

XRD) agglomerated (few hundreds of nm). 

Well crystallized after a calcinations at 800°C 

0.92PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3- Mechanosynthesis Nanosized crystalline particles ~10 nm (measured by TEM, 

0.08PbTiO3 


(1-x)BiScO3-xPbTiO3 Mechanosynthesis Single phase for x≥0.4 

Nanosized crystalline particles ~10 nm (measured by TEM, 


Table 3b. Powder produced, methods used and powder characteristics for this reporting period. 

Powders Method Characteristics 

B. Stojanovic group 

BiFeO3 (BFO) 

BaTiO3 (La) 

Bi4Ti3O12, 

mechanochemical 

synthesis during 

Pechini, 


mechanochemical 

D-Xray line broadening 8-13nm, DBET – 250-350nm 

DBET – 70-90nm, Dv50 6000-8000nm 

DBET –225nm, Dv50 500nm 

DBET –55nm, Dv50 430nm 

M. K. Van Bael group 

ZnO Hydrothermal Rods with different diameters, pillared layers 

TiO2 Hydrothermal Rods & Spheres, dense and porous layers 

Al2O3 Hydrothermal Platelets 

YSZ Sol(ution)gel & Nanoparticles & core-shell structures with Al2O3 

hydrothermal 

Au, Pt Precipitation Nanoparticles in different dispersion solvents, various 

diameters and size distributions 

Magnetic studies present that MgxZn1−xFe2O4 samples sintered at 1200◦C demonstrate 

unexpected behavior for bulk magnetic ferrites. In contrast, all samples calcined at 450◦C with 5-8 

nm particles, are in a superparamagnetic state at room temperature and suggests that these Mg-Zn 

ferrites may be suitable for thermal cancer therapy. Also the LaNbO4 powder produced by spray 

pyrolysis which shows little or no agglomeration (Dv50 = DBET) and a primary particle size of 90 nm 

seems a very promising route towards bulk nanopowder production. Hydrothermal synthesis of

ZnO nanorods (50 nm diameter) also seems to be very promising as well as hydrous alumina 

platelets (30-80 nm) that may be good precursors for more complex materials. 

Highlights are presented in Table 4 summarising the synthetic powders grouped by synthesis 

method (i.e. the 3 generic groups of synthesis methods being investigated in the COST Action 539). 

Table 4. Summary of well characterised powders. Examples of appropriate nanopowder 

synthesis methods. 

Method 

1. Soft Chemistry 

Citric method 

Powders Characteristics 

MgxZn1−xFe2O4 

Superparamagnetiec properties for primary particle size (XRD) 

= 5-8 nm for calcinations at 450°C 

Sol-gel method La2O3-CoO3-SiO2 XRD, FTIR, BET, TEM, SEM, Primary particle size= 50-100 

nm – state of aggregation not assessed. 

Sol(ution)-gel & YSZ 15-20 nm spherical primary particles (TEM) in 100-150nm 

hydrothermal 

agglomerates and core-shell structures with Al2O3 

Microemulsion MgFe2O4 / SiO2 

(nanocomposite in SiO2 

XRD, SEM, TEM (primary particles 4-21nm), magnetic 

measurements ferri- or superparamagnetic, depending on 

matrix) 

preparation and temperature, Mössbauer spectroscopy, 

Hydrothermal BaTiO3 

MgFe2O4- spinel phase, SiO2 -amorphous 

SEM shows particles of 50 ~ 200 nm, 

ZnO Nanorods 50 nm diameter 2 micon length s (wurzite) 

TiO2 

Nanoparticles, 10 nm(TEM) 90% < 30nm (PCS) rods several 

mirons length (100 -500nm diamter9 (possibly tubes) 

mesoporous layers, dense layers 

ZrO2 Nanoparticles – 10-30 nm (TEM) 13-40 nm (XRD) tetragonal or 

mixed with monoclinic phase at calcinations above 800°C 

2. Vapour Phase Methods 

Spray pyrolysis LaNbO4 Particle size characterisation: SEM- 90nm, SSA-BET(10 m2/g, 

DBET 90 nm),PSD (LD Dv50 =90 nm) 

Aerosol route 


Gd2O3:Eu Nanophased, spherical submicronic phosphor particles 

exhibiting Red luminescence, 612 nm behaviour- D XRD – 40 nm 

in 800nm spherical aggregates as secondary particles 

(1-x)NaNbO3:xSrTiO3 Nanosized crystalline particles ~10 nm (measured by TEM, 


Well crystallized after a calcinations at 800 °C 

0.92PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3- Nanosized crystalline particles ~10 nm (measured by TEM, 

0.08PbTiO3 


(1-x)BiScO3-xPbTiO3 Nanosized crystalline particles ~10 nm (measured by TEM, 


The second scientific challenge and goal of WG1 is to quantitatively compare different 

methods for electroceramic nanopowder synthesis. Ideally this should be possible from the data in 

this table. Even though there some very well characterised powders, in general, insufficient detail 

with respect to the types of powders or the key characteristics outlined in the second scientific 

challenge of WG1 have been provided by the partners.. 

II.A.2. WG2 Processing and characterisation of electroceramics and thick films 

Coordinators 

Paolo Nanni p.nanni@ge.ieni.cnr.it Italy 

Christian Pithan c.pithan@fz-juelich.de Germany 

Within the Working Group WG2 many groups started or continued previous co-operations. 

The respective powders prepared in WG1 were further processed to either:densified ceramics by

uniaxial pressing and/or cold-isostatic pressing, conventional pressureless sintering, two-step 

sintering, hot-isostatic pressing, plasma spark sintering (SPS) or templated grain growth, in the case 

of textured ceramics or tothin, mesoscopic or thick films by dip- or spin-coating and screenprinting. 

The main topics are categorized and related to the contributing groups within COST action 

539 “ELENA”( Table 5.) 

Table 5. The different sub-topics and partners involved in WG2 


1. Confinement and interface-related 

effects in electroceramics (grain size effects, 

thickness effects in films, scaling effects in 

systems with low dimensionality) 

2. Inhomogeneous materials, core-shell 

and graded structures in electroceramics 

(graded piezoelectric and ferroelectric 

structures, core-shell structures, composite) 

V. Buscaglia, J. Dusza, C. Galassi, V. Koval, K. Maca, P. Nanni, 

L. Mitoseriu, J. Petzelt, J. Ricote, B. Stojanovic, M. Van Bael, 

M. Zaharescu, Lj. Zivkovic, C. Pithan, B. Samuneva 

V. Buscaglia, B. Hilczer, L. Mitoseriu, P. Nanni, N. Setter, 

A. Kukovecz 

The scientific activities in the framework of the working group II on processing and the 

characterization of electroceramics and thick films is founded on a very broad range of materials 

systems starting from multiferroic materials, lead-free and lead-based piezoelectric ceramics, ferro- 

piezo- and dielectric materials in general, including relaxor type ferroelectrics and finally 

nanowires, nanoribbons or microtubes as outlined in Table 6 

Table 6. The range of topics/materials systems investigated in WG2 

Topic Contributing groups 

Multiferroics 

V. Buscaglia, R. Freer, K. Maca, L. Mitoseriu, B.I. 

Samuneva, B. Stojanovic, J.A.Varela, M. Zaharescu 

Lead-free piezoelectrics R. Freer, B. Malic, C. Pithan, B.I. Samuneva, J.A.Varela 

Piezo-, Ferro- and Dielectrics 

V. Buscaglia, A. Castro, V. Koval, K. Maca, B. Malic, 

L. Mitoseriu, C. Pithan, J. Ricote, B. Stojanovic, J.A.Varela 

Nanowires, Nanoribbons & Microtubes V. Buscaglia, Á. Kukovecz, V. Koval 

Other materials systems V. Koval, K. Maca, C. Pithan, B.I. Samuneva, M. Zaharescu 

In particular the following materials systems and compositions have been investigated: 

• BiFeO3, BiMnO3, BiFeO3-BaTiO3, La-Bi(Fe,Mn)O3, EuTiO3, BaTiO3-Fe2O3, 

• (Na,K)NbO3, including KNbO3, NaNbO3, K0.5Na0.5NbO3 and K2O-Nb2O5-SiO2, 

• Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 and more specifically Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3, (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3, 

• BaTiO3, SrTiO3, Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 , (Ba,Sr)TiO3, BaTiO3-Ag, BaTiO3-Ni, BaTiO3-Cu, Bi4Ti3O12, 

BaBi4Ti4O15, 

• Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3,Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3-PbTiO3,Pb(Mg,Nb)O3- 

Pb(Fe,Nb)O3 and Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 and finally 

• ZrO2, HfO2, MgO-ZnO-Fe2O3, La0.2Sr0.8Fe1-xTixO3-δ, La2Zr2O7, (Na,H)2Ti3O7 and Si3N4- 

SiC.

Table 7. Main results obtained related to the R&D activities within WG2 

Group of Materials/ method 

of preparation 

V. Buscaglia Shell of SrTiO3 or 

BaZrO3 on BaTiO3 

particles 

Cubic SrTiO3 

particles 

Multiferroic BaTiO3- 

(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 

C. Galassi Nb doped PZT, 

(Bi,Na)xBa1-xTiO3 

B. Hilczer BaTiO3, PbTiO3 and 

BiFeO3 

V. Koval Pure and Mg-doped 

Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 thin 

films 

K. Maca Gd-doped CeO2 

SrTiO3 

Results 

Coated BaTiO3 particles with a different perovskite (SrTiO3 or 

BaZrO3) were prepared and the subsequent consolidation to 

dense ceramics using spark plasma sintering or conventional 

sintering has been obtained. 

Cubic SrTiO3 particles were obtained by precipitation from an 

aqueous gel suspension. The particle size can be tailored in the 

range 80-1400 nm by varying the temperature and the 

concentration. 

Composite multiferroic BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 materials were 

prepared by sintering powders obtained by a chemical 

precipitation method 

Nb doped PZT (with composition 

Pb0.988(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.976Nb0.024º3) and sodium bismuth titanate – 

barium titanate solid solution with composition 

(Bi1/2Na1/2)0.94Ba0.06TiO3, BNBT were synthesized by sol gel 

combustion method. The corresponding cermaics were obtained 

by sintering (hot pressing process and pressureless-sintering in 

air). 

Production and characterisation of ferroelectric perovskite 

nanopowders obtained by mechanosynthesis. Synthesis of 

ferroelectric BaTiO3 and PbTiO3 and multiferroic BiFeO3 

powders by mechanical activation. Characterization of the 

formed core-shell structure with crystalline core and amorphous 

shell (~1-2 nm thick). 

The effect of mechanical stress on the local switching behaviour 

and hysteresis properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 and Mn-doped 

Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ferroelectric thin films has been studied. 

Understanding how thin films behave locally under large 

external and internal stresses from the point of view of 

ferroelectric hysteresis and polarization reversal can provide 

useful design information on reliability and performance of 

MEMS (microactuators and microsensors) and memory FeRAM 

devices. 

Preparation of gadolinia doped ceria ceramic by attritor milling 

and pressureless sintering and determination its ionic 

conductivity. 

Synthesis of nanometre SrTiO3 powders, preparation of dense 

and nanocrystalline SrTiO3 ceramic. 

Assessment of two-step sintering method for various oxide 

electroceramics. 

L. Mitoseriu Multiferroic BaTiO3- 

(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 

Investigations on the dielectric and magnetic properties of 

BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 ceramic in relationship with the 

percolation degree of the perovskite and spinel phases; and 

understanding the role of interfaces and the intrinsic/extrinsic 

interplay on the macroscopic properties. 

Study of grain size effects: a) confirmation that for a 

BaTiO3 

ferroelectric composition, the relaxor state is favoured by 

reducing grain size and b) investigations on the grain sizeinduced 

properties of nanocrystalline BaTiO3, nanopowders and 

nanocrystalline ceramics. 

Study of relaxors and ferroelectrics with diffuse phase 

transitions – nanopolar order. 

C. Pithan NaNbO3 Preparation of micro-, submicro- and nanocrystalline NaNbO3 

obtained via microemulsion mediated synthesis. 

Structural characterisation: novel size-induced phase transitions 

in NaNbO3 (XRD & Raman spectroscopy). 

J. Ricote (1-x)PbZn1/3Nb2/3º3- Preparat Investigation of nanostructured ferroelectric ceramics through 

xPbTiO3 

non-traditional methods of synthesis (mechanosynthesis) and 

(1-x)BiScO3-xPbTiO3 sintering (Spark Plasma Sintering SPS). 

Systems with morphotropic phase boundaries (MPB) have been

B. Samuneva MgxZn(1−x)Fe2O4 

La2O3-CoO3-SiO2 

N. Setter PZT – Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 

nanowire 

studied: 0.92PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-0.08PbTiO3 and (1-x)BiScO3xPbTiO3 

(x=0.4-0.6). The nanocrystalline perovskite powders 

obtained by mechanosynthesis show a high sintering activity, 

and large densifications are obtained by SPS at temperatures as 

low as 600°C. This also results in a good control of grain growth 

that can be reduced to the nanometric scale. 

Synthesis of MgxZn(1−x)Fe2O4 nanopowders (x=0.2-0.5; 5-8 nm) 

via citrate or co-precipitation. 

Synthesis of La2O3-CoO3-SiO2 nanopowders (10, 20 and 50 wt% 

SiO2) via sol-gel 

Study of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) nanowires prepared by 

hydrothermal method. 

Structural characterization of monocrystalline PZT nanowires 

grown by a polymer assisted solvo-thermal technique. 

B. Stojanovic Bi4Ti3O12 

Synthesis of Bi4Ti3O12 by mechanochemical method and 

preparation of dense electroceramics. Study of structure and 

properties of the obtained Bi4Ti3O12. 

BaBi4Ti4O15 Microstructure development of BaBi4Ti4O15 ceramics prepared 

from mechanochemical synthesized powders 

BaTiO3 

Influence of the selected powder synthesis method 

PLZT films 

(mechanochemicaly and polymeric organometallic precursors 

process) on properties of BaTiO3 ceramics. 

Screen printed PLZT thick films prepared from nanopowders. 

M.K. van Bael TiO2 and ZnO Synthesis and characterization of high-tech multimetal oxides as 

nanoparticles or thin films. 

Various strategies to obtain ordered mesoporosity, to implement 

a solid state hole conductor and to develop complete devices 

from only water based materials and synthesis processes are 

being studied. 

TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles with different shape and aspect 

ratios have been synthesized and used as building blocks for 

mesoporous layers to be implemented as a hole transporter in 

M. Zaharescu BiFeO3 films 

SiO2-TiO2 films 

dye sensitized type solar cells. 

Preparation of BiFeO3 films by dip-coating, using as chelating 

agents – citric acid (C-type) or polyvinyl alcohol (P-type). 

Preparation of SiO2-TiO2 films by dip-coating and spin-coating 

Only few results, as example, will be pointed out. Ferroelectric BaTiO3 and PbTiO3 and 

multiferroic BiFeO3 powders of mean size 10-20 nm were obtained from respective oxides by 

mechanical activation. Study of structure and properties of Bi4Ti3O12 prepared by mechanochemical 

syntheses was carried out. All results show that the Bi4Ti3O12 structure strongly depends on the 

milling time. With reducing grain size, quantum effects reflect in the mode position of the Raman 

spectra. In addition other effects are also noted (change of position, relative intensity and half-width 

of Raman modes), indicating changes in the structure, caused by nano-dimensioned grains. Several 

bismuth-layered crystal structures and their properties have been investigated in detail. However, a 

lot of aspects of the preparation and properties of barium bismuth titanate remain unexplored, 

whereas they are promising candidate for memory applications. Ba-Bi titanate (BaBi4Ti4O15) was 

prepared from stoichiometric quantities of BaTiO3 and Bi4Ti3O12 mechanochemically obtained. 

Dye-sensitized solid-state solar cells based on nanostructured semiconducting TiO2 and ZnO.TiO2 

and ZnO nanoparticles with different shape and aspect ratios have been synthesized and used as 

building blocks for mesoporous layers to be implemented as a hole transporter in dye sensitized 

type solar cells. Dense and mesoporous titania layers have been synthesized for the same purpose. 

Also, nanocomposites consisting of metal oxide nanoparticles in biodegradable polymer matrices 

are studied for use as packaging materials. Study of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) nanowires 

prepared by hydrothermal method was done. Monocrystalline PZT nanowires were grown by a 

polymer assisted solvo-thermal technique.

The effect of mechanical stress on the local switching behaviour and hysteresis properties of 

Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 and Mn-doped Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ferroelectric thin films has been studied using spherical 

nanoindentation. The investigations will give contibution to useful design information on reliability 

and performance of MEMS (microactuators and microsensors) and memory FeRAM devices and 

reliable study of the local domain structure and switching behaviour of ferroelectric thin films at a 

microscale. Study of multiferroic BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn) ferrite ceramic composites and BiFeO3 was 

addressed to investigations on the dielectric and magnetic properties in relationship with the 

percolation degree of the perovskite and spinel phases; understanding the role of interfaces and the 

intrinsic/extrinsic interplay on the macroscopic properties 

In general, the reaction products obtained were carefully analysed and characterized, typically 

by the following techniques: (a)with respect to purity, phase composition and crystallographic 

structure by Conventional X-ray diffraction (XRD),Temperature tuning XRD, Synchrotron XRD, 

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in combination with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy 

(EDX),FT-Infrared-spectroscopy,FT-Raman-spectroscopy,Temperature- or pressure-tuning Ramanspectroscopy,Thermogravimetric 

measurements and (b) regarding the morphology, size, shape and 

the degree of agglomeration of the formed particulates by Transmission- and scanning electron 

microscopy (TEM, SEM) including high-resolution observation by (HR-TEM and HR-SEM) and 

Physisorption of N2 in order to determine the free surface of the products. 

A.II.3.WG3: Functional characterisation of electroceramic materials and films 

Coordinators 

Paula Vilarinho paulas@cv.ua.pt Portugal 

Lorena Pardo lpardo@icmm.csic.es Spain 

There are 12 groups from 15 countries contributing to research and development within the 

theme of Working Group 3 “Functional characterisation of electroceramic materials and films”. 

The various groups are working on topics that fall within the 5 sub-project groups set out in the 

memorandum of collaboration for the COST Action 539 – ELENA 

Electroceramics are a wide range of materials that constitute a mature field of research activities 

progressing in a constant manner due to the strong driving force of their many industrial 

applications. Nanoscience and nanotechnology challenges on this type of materials involves the 

fabrication of useful structures at the nanoscale (islands, wires, ultrathin films, nanostructured 

ceramics) and the understanding of the property modifications and new properties development 

when the transition from the micro to the nanoscale is achieved. Standing on the knowledge 

developed on WG1 and WG2 of ELENA action, concerning novel fabrication methods of 

nanopowders and their compositional, microstructural and morphological characterization and 

control, the activities of the WG3 have shown, by means of active collaboration among action 

partners, progress in both advanced aspects of nanofabrication and understanding, mainly on polar 

materials, but also on, multiferroic materials. 

The areas of activity of each of the groups in WG3 are listed in Table 8. 

Table 8. The different sub-topics and partners involved in WG3 – 

Functional Characterisation of Electroceramics and Films 


1. Local studies of electrical properties 

(domains, dielectric mapping, piezoelectric, 

etc) in particles of nanopowders, 

nanocomposites 

nanostructures 

films and ferroelectric 

2. Optical properties and spectroscopy J. Petzelt 

J. Banys, L. Pardo, L. Calzada, N. Setter, P. Marchet, P. Vilarinho, 

Lj. Zivkovic

(IR, microRaman, etc) 

3. Macroscopic electrical characterization 

(ferroelectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, 

ionic conduction) as a function of the 

temperature, frequency and field 

4.Modelling and size effects in 

nanostructured ceramics and thin films 

G. Grader, J. Petzelt, J. Banys, K. Maca, L. Mitoseriu, L. Pardo, 

R. Jiménez, M.K. Van Bael, N. Setter, P. Marchet, P. Vilarinho, 

V. Koval, B.Stojanovic, V. Srdic 

L. Mitoseriu, L. Pardo 

Strong interaction between WG1, WG2 and WG3 overlapped in nanoceramic processing and 

characterization is present in bulk and films. The focus is on the characterization of nanomaterials 

and films. The efforts were guided also to characterisation of single-phase and composite 

multiferroics related to preparation by alternative methods (mixed-oxides, self-combustion, sol-gel) 

of BiFeO3 and BiFeO3-BaTiO3 solid solutions; preparation by mixed powders and by coprecipitation 

of the BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 ceramic composites, characterisation of the dielectric and 

conductive properties, impedance spectroscopy, magnetic characterisation, modelling of the 

electrical and magnetic characteristics. 

The main results of the activity of each of the groups in WG3 are summarised in Table 9 that 

includes the indication of the materials and methods of preparation and the characterization 

techniques used 

Table 8. Main results obtained during 2006 related to the R&D activities within WG3 – 

Functional Characterisation of Electroceramics and Films 

Group of Materials/ method 

of preparation 

G. Grader PZT thin films / CSD 

(diol route) 

J. Petzelt BaTiO3 (BT) SrTiO3 

(ST) relaxor 

compositions/ceramic 

and thin films 

J. Banys BaBi2Nb2O9 (BBN) / 

conventional solid 

state 

Characterization 

Techniques 

Dielectric spectroscopy, 

ferroelectric character., 

as a function of the 

frequency and 

temperature 

Infrared, Raman, 

Broad-band dielectric 

spectroscopy 


spectroscopy and Piezo 

Force Microscopy 

(PFM) 

Results 

The activities include: 

Systematic studies on the precursor chemistry to 

understand how the precursor can be manipulated to 

improve final oxide film in the CSD process used for 

large scale area of deposition. Precursor dependence, 

particularly surface tension of the precursor on the 

film electrical properties. 


(i) Characterization concerned infrared, Raman and 

broad-band dielectric spectroscopy of ferroelectric 

and related ceramics, nano-ceramics and films. 

Concerning nano-ceramics, the grain size effect was 

studied for BT and ST and it was shown that the 

dramatically reducing dielectric response on 

decreasing the grain size is accompanied by stiffening 

of the ferroelectric soft mode. The effect can be 

explained by a rather universal grain-boundary dead 

layer with strongly reduced local permittivity. 

(ii) Study of various relaxor ferroelectric ceramics and 

thin films revealed not only dynamics (breathing and 

flipping) of polar-clusters, which is manifested by 

strong dielectric relaxation in microwave and lower 

frequency range, but also ferroelectric soft modes in 

polar nano-clusters and their splitting below the Burns 

temperature. 


(i) Dielectric studies of BBN ceramics in broad 

frequency range, with the identification of the 

coexistence of two different phases: spherical glassy 

matrix and ferroelectric clusters. 

(ii) Investigation of the electric properties of BBN 

ceramics by Piezo Force Microscopy (PFM), used to 

investigate the physical properties at the nanoscale 

(∼10 nm), with the measurement of the short range 

ordering – correlation length and local piezoelectric

K. Maca SrTiO3 (ST) and 

ZrO2 doped Sc2O3 / 

Two-Step Sintering 

and Spark Plasma 

Sintering 

L. 

Mitoseriu 

L. Pardo 

BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn), 

BaSrTiO3 (BST), 

BaTiO3 (BT) 

Pb0.988(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.976 

Nb0.024O3 – PZTN 

and 

(Bi1/2Na1/2)0.94Ba0.06Ti 

O3 – BNBT / sol gel 

combustion, Hot 

pressing, 

conventional method 

L. Calzada PbTiO3 

nanostructures 

onto substrates 

M. van Bael TiO2, ZnO, Ca doped 

PbTiO3 (PCT), PZT / 

Aqueous solution 

synthesis methods 

N. Setter KNbO3, PZT / 

polymer assisted 

solvothermal 

technique 

Infrared, Raman, 


spectroscopy 

Magnetic 

measurements and 

Dielectric spectroscopy 


and Piezoelectric 

measuremnsts / 

Alemany automatic 

iterative method 

Electric 

characterization / 


Electric / dielectric and 

piezoelectric 

characterization 

hysteresis acquisition, Polar nano areas sized about 

50 nm were observed in BBN ceramics. 

(i) Processing of nanoceramics, namely ST ceramics 

with nanograined microstructure. Spark Plasma 

Sintered 50nm ST nanopowder yielded 98% dense 

nanoceramics with grain size of 80nm. 

(ii) Evaluation of the dielectric properties of these 

nanoceramics. 

(iii) Synthesis and sintering of scandia doped zirconia 

ceramics. 


(i) The study of multiferroic BaTiO3 – (Ni,Zn) ferrite 

ceramic composites: preparation and study of the 

dielectric & magnetic properties in relationship with 

the percolation degree of the perovskite and spinel 

phases, understanding the role of interfaces and the 

intrinsic/extrinsic interplay on the macroscopic 

properties. 

(ii) The use of FORC method to describe the 

switching characteristics in ferroelectrics, in 

relationship with their micro/nanostructures: (1) Grain 

size effects GSE on the relaxor character in BZT, (2) 

Compositional effects in BST prepared by Pechini 

method. 

(iii) Studies on grain size effects with (1) the 

demonstration that for a ferroelectric composition, the 

relaxor state is favoured by the reducing grain size 

and (2) investigation of the grain size-induced 

properties of nanocrystalline BT, nanopowders and 

nanocrystalline ceramic. 

(iv) Dielectric studies on nanopolar ordering of 

relaxors and ferroelectrics with diffuse phase 

transitions 


(i) The synthesis of PZTN and BNBT ceramics by sol 

gel combustion, hot pressing, and conventional 

method. 

(ii) Electric and piezoelectric characterization of 

PZTN and BNBT ceramics. Using Alemany 

automatic iterative method, the elastic, dielectric and 

piezoelectric coefficients in complex form were 

determined. Identification of shear coefficients. 


(i) novel bottom-up approach for the fabrication of 

PbTiO3 nanostructures onto substrates by a combined 

microemulsion and CSD method. 

(ii) piezoelectric, ferroelectric and dielectric 

characterization at nanoscale. 


(i)Aqueous chemical solution deposition (CSD) of 

ultrathin (down to 3.3 nm) metal oxide films with 

functional dielectric properties. 

(ii) Synthesis of PZT ultrafine particles and synthesis 

of PZT thin layers by diphasic precursor method; 

electric characterization. 

(iii) Aqueous chemical solution deposition (CSD) of 

thin PCT films and electric characterization. 


(i) Production of strong piezoelectric materials, such 

as tetragonal PZT and orthorhombic KNbO3 

nanowires. 

(ii) Study of the piezoelectric properties of these 

materials, with the observation of ferroelectric domain 

walls, piezoelectric and ferroelectric activity

P. Marchet Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 – NBT 

thin films / sol gel 

P. 

Vilarinho 

TiO2, BaTiO3 (BT), 

SrTiO3 (ST), doped 

ST, BaSrTiO3 (BST) 

/ thin films, 1D and 

mesoporous 

structures / sol gel, 

sol gel diphasic 

precursor, 

hydrothermal 

methods 

R. Jiménez PMN-PT 

nanopowders 

V. Koval 

PZT, 

Mn-doped PZT thin 

films and PZT micro 

tubes, carbon derived 

in-situ reinforced 

Si3N4-SiC 

micro/nano 

composites, Carbon 

nanofibre yttria 

stabilized zirconia 

(CNF/3Y-TZP)/ 

vacuum infiltration 

and Liquid Source 

Misted Chemical 

Deposition 

(LSMCD),hot 

pressing 


/ ferroelectric 

characterization / Piezoforce 

microscopy 


spectroscopy, 

ferroelectric 

characterization, 

Infrared, Raman, Piezo 

Force Microscopy 

Dielectric spectroscopy/ 

ferroelectric 


Mechanical 

characterization, 

Nanoindentation/ 

Charge released versus 

applied voltage (Q-V), 

dielectric and 

ferroelectric 


COLLABORATIONS WITHIN WGs 

(switching). 


(i) Synthesis of NBT thin films via a 2methoxyethanol 

sol-gel route and CSD method. 

(ii) Piezoelectric characterization, ferroelectric 

characterization and piezo-response force microscopy 

to establish the relations between the processing 

conditions, microstructure and macroscopic and 

nanscopic properties. 

(i) Synthesis of ST (undoped and doped), BT, BST 

thin films at low temperatures by sol gel and 

hydrothermal method. 

(ii) Synthesis of BST films on polymeric substrates. 

(iii) synthesis of mesopouros ST. 

(iv) Study of the dielectric and ferroelectric properties 

of these materials, with the identification of the role of 

precursors, processing conditions and substrate effect 

on the electric response. 


Determination of properties of isolated nanoparticles 

by dielectric properties measurements on 0-3 

composites of particles embedded in a polymer matrix 


(i) Study of the effect of mechanical stress on the 

local switching behavior and hysteresis properties of 

PZT and Mn-doped PZT ferroelectric thin films, with 

the verification of the effect of nanoindentation on 

polarization reversal in thin ferroelectric films 

(ii) Fabrication of high aspect ratio PZT micro tubes 

and free-standing PZT tubes by vacuum infiltration 

and LSMCD. 

(iii) Characterization of mechanical properties of 

nanostructured ceramic materials (Si3N4-SiC micro / 

nano composites), with the identification of the 

strength degrading defects 

(iv) Preparation of carbon nanofibre yttria stabilized 

zirconia (CNF/3Y-TZP) composites, with the 

identification of the effect of the CNF addition on the 

mictostructure, fracture/mechanical and electrical 

properties. 

Strong interaction is present between smaller groups interior one WG, interbetween 3 Working 

groups COST 539: WG1, WG2 and WG3 and also with various EU projects and EU nets dedicated 

in Famework FP5 and FP6 that are overlapped in nanoceramics processing and characterization. 

Table 10a: Collaborations within WG1 with other WGs, EU projects and networks 

Group Leader Collaboration 

B. Stojanovic 

1. Cooperation with Institut Josef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, M. Kosec, B. Malic, M. Drofenik 

2. Cooperation inter KMNoE-FP6 net, Michal Basista, Germany 

3. Cooperation inter POLECER-FP5 net, Wanda Wolny 

4. Cooperation of Mirjana Vijatovic with EPFL, Switzerland, Paul Bowen 

5. Cooperation of Jelena Bobic with Institut Josef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, M. Kosec

M. Zaharescu 

1. Collaboration of C. Andronescu, Physical Chemistry Institute “Ilie Murgulescu”– Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 

in regard to Preparation and electric properties of (La,Sr)(Ga,Mg)O3 solid electrolyte with V. Srdic, University 

of Novi Sad, Serbia (STSM) 

M.K. Van Bael 

1. Cooperation with Aachen (Th. Schneller) with respect to the deposition of ultrathin metal oxide layers and TGA- 

MS analysis 

2. Cooperation with Aveiro (P. Vilarinho) with respect to the synthesis of PZT nanoparticles and the deposition of 

PZT layers 

3. Cooperation with Spain, Madrid (M.L. Calzada, L.Pardo) with respect to water based solution-gel synthesis of PCT 

Cooperation with the group of Prof. dr. X. Obradors (ICMAB-CSIC, Barcelona), study if the thermal decomposition of 

trifluoro-acetate precursors for superconducting metal oxide powders. 

J. Torralba 

1. Collaboration of O. Milosevic (ITS SASA, Belgrade, Serbia) with the Universidad Carlos III 

2. Cooperation of K. Marinkovic (student from ITS SASA, Belgrade, Serbia) with the Universidad Carlos III 

(STSM). 

K. Wiik 

1. Coolaboration of O. Milosevic (ITS SASA, Belgrade, Serbia) as a partner in EU-FP7 Collaborative project. (May- 

2007) 

B. Malič 

1. POLECER, W. Wolny 

2. P. Bowen, EPFL, Switzerland 

B. Samuneva 

1. M. Zaharescu, Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania 

2. B. Malic, Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

P. Vanek 

1. Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technical University, Brno, Czech Republic 

V. Srdic 

1. Cooperation with C. Andronescu, Physical Chemistry Institute “Ilie Murgulescu”– Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 

Romania, Preparation and electric properties of (La,Sr)(Ga,Mg)O3 solid electrolyte (STSM) 

2. Cooperation with M. Winterer, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, with respect to chemical vapor synthesis of 

oxide nanoparticles. 

3. Cooperation with J. Dusza, Institure of Materials Research, Kosice, Slovakia, with respect to processing and 

characterization of bismuth-titanate nanopowwders and ceramics. 

E. Moshopoulou 

1. Cooperation with V. Srdic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, with respect to synthesis and characterization of ferrite 

nanoparticles. 

P. Bowen 

1. Discussion and contacts with Dr. V. Buscaglia for collaboration on the synthesis of ZnO nanosized powders for 

varistor applications using the Segmented Flow Tubular Reactor, as part of a Swiss COST Office funded project. 

2. Discussion on results from the short term mission Elena Ion – from JSI (Slovenia) during July 2006. 

3. Discussion on possible short term mission by D. Gardini with C. Galassi (Italy). 

4. Host to Florentina Maxim, Portugal, STSM 

5. Host to Mirjana Vijatovic, Serbia, STSM 

A. Castro 

1. Cooperation of T. Hungria, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC) in regard to Processing by spark 

plasma sintering from mechanosynthesized nanopowder precursors with J. Galy, Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux 

et d'Etudes Structurales (CNRS), Toulouse (FR) 

2. Cooperation with the Plate-Forme Nationale de Frittage Flash du CNRS in Toulouse, France on processing of 

electroceramics by spark plasma sintering. 

Table 10b: Collaborations within WG2 and with other WGs 


V. Buscaglia 

1. Cooperation with L. Mitoseriu (University “Alexandru. Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania) with respect to the 

study of multiferroic BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 ceramic composites and grain size effect in electroceramics 

2. Cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague on the fabrication, characterization of 

the dielectric properties and broad-band vibrational spectroscopy of ferroelectric dielectric composites with coreshell 

microstructure 

C. Galassi 

1. Cooperation with L.P. Mata (ICMM-CSIC labs, Madrid, Spain) with respect to determine the thermal evolution of

powders in dry atmosphere. 

2. Cooperation with C.E. Ciomaga (University “Alexandru. Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania), “First order 

reversal curves investigation of the switching properties of BaZrxTi1-xO3 ceramics” (STSM). 

3. Collaboration of E. Mercadelli (CNR-ISTEC, Faenza, Italy) with L.P. Mata (ICMM - CSIC, Madrid, Spain), “Hot 

pressing of PZT gel combusted powders” (STSM). 

J. Dusza, V. Koval 

1. Cooperation with N. Pavlovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia), with respect to structural and functional 

characterization of bismuth-titanate ceramics prepared from nanopowders (study visit). 

2. Cooperation with M. Winterer (University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany), K. Maca (Brno University of 

Technology, Czech Republic), E. Moshopoulou (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece) 

and V. Srdic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia), in respect to processing of bulk nanoceramics and preparation of 

joint research proposal for 7thFP. 

K. Maca 

1. Cooperation with J. Petzelt (Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic) with respect to evaluation of dielectric 

properties of nanograined SrTiO3 ceramics. 

2. Cooperation with V. Srdic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) with respect to synthesis of nanometre SrTiO3 powders 

and evaluation of their sintering behaviour. 

3. Cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NORWAY) on the 

measurement of oxygen-transportation in bulk ceramic samples prepared in Brno. 

L. Mitoseriu 

1. Cooperation with the group from IENI-CNR & University Genoa, Italy, with respect to the study of multiferroic 

BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 ceramic composites. 

2. Cooperation with the groups from IENI-CNR & University Genoa, Italy, ISTEC-CNR Faenza, and University 

“Politechnics” Bucharest, with respect to the use of FORC method to describe the switching characteristics in 

ferroelectrics, in relationship with their micro/nanostructures: (i) grain size effects GSE on the relaxor character in 

BZT and (ii) compositional effects in BST prepared by Pechini method. 

3. Cooperation between IENI-CNR, University of Genoa and ISTEC-CNR Faenza, Italy, with respect to the 

demonstration of the grain size effect in the relaxor state and nanopolar order, to the investigation of the grain sizeinduced 

properties of nanocrystalline BaTiO3, nanopowders and nanocrystalline ceramics and relaxors. 

J. Petzelt 

1. Cooperation with L. Mitoseriu (University “Alexandru. Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania), P. Nanni (the group 

from IENI-CNR & University Genoa, Italy) with respect to studies by far infrared spectroscopy of grain-size effect 

in BaTiO3 ceramics. 

C. Pithan 

1. Cooperation with J. Banys (Vilnius University, Lithuania) with respect to electrical characterisation on loose 

powders with different particle size (20 Hz to 1 MHz; 400 - 100 K). 

J. Ricote 

1. Cooperation with Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales (CEMES-CNRS) and Plate-Forme 

Nationale de Frittage Flash (PNF2) Toulouse (France). 

Collaboration of T. Hungria (ICMM-CSIC labs, Madrid, Spain) with J. Galy (CEMES-CNRS Toulouse, France) 

“Dense, nanosized ceramics prepared by the combination of mechanosynthesized nanopowders and SPS”, 

Collaboration through STMS of E. Mercadelli (CNR-ISTEC, Italy) “Hot pressing of PZT gel combusted powders” 

in ICMM - CSIC, Madrid, Spain) 

N. Setter 

1. Collaboration with M. Kuball (Applied Spectroscopy Group University of Bristol, UK) with respect to Raman 

analysis on individual PZT nanowires. 

2. Cooperation with R. Smajda (University of Szeged, Hungary), “Synthesis and Characterization of KNbO3 

nanowires” (STSM) 

3. Collaboration with B. Dkhil (France, Ecole Centrale de Paris) with respect to crystallographic study of PZT 

nanowires, in particular regarding the question of size effects on the ferroelectric phase transitions. 

4. Collaboration of N. Klein (EPEL, Lausanne, Switzerland) with M. Kuball (University of Bristol, United 

Kingdom) “Phase transitions in KNbO3 nanowires” (STSM). 

B. Samuneva 

1. Cooperation with M. Zaharescu (Physical Chemistry Institute “Ilie Murgulescu”– Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 

Romania). 

2. Cooperation with B. Malic (Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia) 

3. Cooperation with I.M. Salvad and E. Fernandes (University of Aveiro, Portugal). 

B. Stojanovic 

1. Cooperation with Institut Josef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, M. Kosec, B. Malic, M. Drofenik 

2. Cooperation inter KMNoE-FP6 net, Michal Basista, Germany 

3. Cooperation inter POLECER-FP5 net, Wanda Wolny 

4. Cooperation of Mirjana Vijatovic with Inst.Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania (Juras Banus),dielectric properties of BaTiO3 

5. Cooperation of Jelena Bobic with Inst. Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania (Juras Banus),dielectric properties of BBT

M.K. Van Bael 

1. Collaboration with group of Th. Schneller (Aachen, Germany) with respect to deposition of water based precursors 

and study of the thermal decomposition of CSD precursors. 

2. Collaboration with group of P. Vilarinho (Uniuversity of Aveiro, Portugal) with respect to the synthesis of PZT 

ultrafine particles and thin layers. 

3. Collaboration with group of L. Pardo, M.L. Calzada (ICMM-CSIC labs, Madrid, Spain) with respect to the water 

based solution-gel synthesis of PCT. 

A. Kukowetz 

1. Cooperation with the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (Switzerland) on the synthesis of KNbO3 nanowires. 

2. Cooperation with the University of Novi Sad (SERBIA) on AFM measurements on the surface of electroceramics. 

3. Cooperation with the University of Averio (PORTUGAL) with the aim of submitting a joint proposal in the ERA- 

Chemistry Open Initiative Programme 2008. 

B.Malic 

1. Cooperation with the EPFL, Lausanne (SWITZERLAND) on the characterization of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 single crystals. 

2. Cooperation with Ins.Ciencia de Materiales, Madrid (SPAIN) on the characterization of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics. 

3. Cooperation with the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (SPAIN) on Pb(Mg0.33Nb0.67)O3-PbTiO3. 

4. Coopertion with the Ecole Centrale de Paris (FRANCE) on the crystal structure of K0.5Na0.5NbO3. 

5. Cooperation with the Univ. Silesia, Poland on sintering and the microstructure of (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics. 

M.Zaharescu 

1. Cooperation with Univ.Polytenica Catalunya, Barcelona (SPAIN), preparation and characterizition of BiFeO3 films 

2. Cooperation with the University “Politechnica , Bucharest (ROMANIA) on the preparation of BiFeO3 films. 

3. Cooperation with the Claude Bernard Lyon University, France, structural and electrical charact. HfO2-films. 

4. Cooperation with the University of Iasi (ROMANIA) on the electrical characterization of BiFeO3-films. 

5. Cooperation with the Nat.Inst.Materials Physics, Bucharest (ROMANIA) on TEM characterization of HfO2” films. 

Table 10.c: Collaborations within WG3 with other WGs, EU projects and networks 


J. Petzelt 

1. Cooperation with J. Banys (Vilnius University, Lithuania) with respect to lattice dynamics studies and high 

frequency measurements of relaxor based materials 

2. Cooperation with L. Mitoseriu (University “Alexandru. Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romenia), P. Nanni (Italy) 

with respect to studies by far infrared spectroscopy of grain-size effect in BaTiO3 ceramics 

3. Cooperation with N. Setter (Switzerland) with respect to Broad-band dielectric response of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 relaxor 

ferroelectrics 

4. Cooperation with P. Vilarinho (University of Aveiro, Portugal) with respect to lattice dymanics studies and high 

frequency measurements of SrTiO3 based materials 

J. Banys 

1. Cooperation with P. Vilarinho / A. Kholkin (University of Aveiro, Portugal) with respect to the PiezoForce 

microscopy of BaBi2Nb2O9 (BBN) ceramics 

2. Cooperation of P. Keburis (Vilnius University, Lithuania) with A. Kholkin (University of Aveiro, Portugal) in 

regard to Investigation of polar nano regions in relaxor ceramics BaBi2Nb2O9 (BBN) (STSM) 

K. Maca 

1. Cooperation with V. Srdic (Univerzity of Novi Sad, Serbia), M. Winterer (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany), 

J. Dusza (Institute of Materials Research, Kosice) and E. Moshopoulou (National Center for Scientific Research 

“Demokritos”, Greece) in respect to processing of bulk nanoceramics and preparation of joint research proposal for 

7thFP. 

2. Cooperation with J. Petzelt (Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic) with respect to evaluation of dielectric 

properties of nanograined SrTiO3 ceramics. 

L. Mitoseriu 

1. Cooperation with IENI-CNR&Univ. Genoa, Italy with respect to the study of multiferroic BaTiO3-(Ni,Zn) ferrite 

ceramic composites. 

2. Cooperation with IENI-CNR, Univ. Genoa, Italy, ISTEC-CNR Faenza, and Univ. “Politechnics” Bucharest, with 

respect to the use of FORC method to describe the switching characteristics in ferroelectrics, in relationship with 

their micro/nanostructures: (i) Grain size effects GSE on the relaxor character in BZT and (ii) Compositional 

effects in BST prepared by Pechini method. 

3. Cooperation between IENI-CNR, University of Genoa and ISTEC-CNR Faenza, Italy, with respect to the 

demonstration of the grain size effect in the relaxor state and nanopolar order, to the investigation of the grain sizeinduced 

properties of nanocrystalline BaTiO3, nanopowders and nanocrystalline ceramics and relaxors.

L. Pardo 

1. Cooperation with C.Galassi (ISTEC-CNRS, Italy) with respect to electric and piezoelectric characterizations of 

niobium doped PZT with composition (Pb0.988(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.976Nb0.024O3), PZTN and Sodium bismuth titanate – 

barium titanate solid solution with composition (Bi1/2Na1/2)0.94Ba0.06TiO3, BNBT. 

2. Cooperation of E. Mercadelli (ISTEC_CNRS, Italy) respect to Processing and piezoelectric characterization of 

niobium doped PZT with composition (Pb0.988(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.976Nb0.024O3), PZTN and Sodium bismuth titanate – 

barium titanate solid solution with composition (Bi1/2Na1/2)0.94Ba0.06TiO3, BNBT with L. Pardo, ICMM-CSIC, 

Spain 

M.K. Van Bael 

1. Collaboration with group of Aachen (Th. Schneller) with respect to deposition of water based precursors and study 

of the thermal decomposition of CSD precursors. 

2. Collaboration with Aveiro group (P. Vilarinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal) with respect to the synthesis of PZT 

ultrafine particles and thin layers. 

3. Collaboration with Madrid group (L. Pardo, M.L. Calzada, ICMM-CSIC labs, Spain) with respect to the water 

based synthesis of PCT. 

N. Setter 

1. Collaboration with M. Kuball (Applied Spectroscopy Group University of Bristol, UK) with respect to Raman 

analysis on individual PZT nanowires. 

2. Collaboration with B. Dkhil (France, Ecole Centrale de Paris) with respect to crystallographic study of PZT 

nanowires, in particular regarding the question of size effects on the ferroelectric phase transitions 

3. Trip and stay of N. Klein to the University of Bristol (UK) to measure samples by Raman Spectroscopy. 

P. Marchet 

1. Collaboration with P. Vilarinho (University of Aveiro, Portugal) with respect to Piezoforce microscopy on lead free 

ferroelectrics 

2. Collaboration of F. Remondiére, Science des Procédés Céramiques et de Traitements de Surface (SPCTS), UMR 

CNRS, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Limoges, France in regard to Piezoforce microscopy 

study of lead-free perovskite Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 thin films with P. Vilarinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal (STSM) 

P.Vilarinho 

1. Collaboration with P. Marchet (France) with respect to Piezoforce microscopy on lead free ferroelectrics 

2. Collaboration with J. Petzelt (Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic) with respect to lattice dynamics 

studies and high frequency measurements of ST based materials 

3. Collaboaration with M.K.Van Bael (Belgium) with respect to the synthesis of PZT thin films by aqueous solutions. 

4. Collaboration of F. Remondiére, Science des Procédés Céramiques et de Traitements de Surface (SPCTS), UMR 

CNRS, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Limoges, France in regard to Piezoforce microscopy 

study of lead-free perovskite Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 thin films with P. Vilarinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal (STSM) 

Z.Marinkovic-Stanojevic 

1 Cooperation with B. Hiltzer , Institute of physics, Poznan, Poland with respect to the magnetic, ferroelectric and 

dielectric BiFeO3 (BFO) ceramics ( STSM) 

2 Cooperation with P.Keburis, Vilnius University, Lithuania ferroelectric measurements of 

Participating institutions: 

BELGIUM: Institut voor Meterialonderzoek, Univeriteit Hasselt, Dienpebeek, Universiteit Gent, 

Gent; Chemistry Institute B6, University of Liège 

BULGARIA: University of Chemical Technology and Mettallurgy, Sofia 

CZECH REPUBLIC: Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of 

Technology, Brno; The Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 

Prague 

FINLAND: Microelectronics & Materials Physics Laboratories, Faculty of Technology, University 

of Oulu, Oulu 

FRANCE: CNRS UMR 8580, Laboratoire Structure Propriétés Modélisation des Solides, Grande, 

Voie des Vignes, Chatenay Malabry Cedex; Faculté des Sciences SPCTS, Limoges; 

University of Belford, CNRS UMR 5060, UTBM/Site de Sevenans, Belford Cedex; 

University of Caen, CRISMAT-ISMRA, Bd M. Juin, Caen Cedex 

GERMANY: Research & Development, ZOZ GmbH, Wenden; Institut für Festkörperforschung, 

Forschungszentrum Julich; Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Institute of Nanotechnology,

Karlsruhe; University of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Darmstadt; Nanoparticle 

Process Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences University Duisburg-Essen 

GREECE: Institute of Materials Science, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 

Agia Paraskevi, Athena 

HUNGARY: Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of The Has, Budapest; Dept. of 

Applied and Environmental Chemistry University of Szeged, Szeged; Dept. of Silicate and 

Materials Engineering University of Veszprem, Veszprem 

ISRAEL: Chemical Engineering Dept., Technion IIT Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 

ITALY: ISTEC–CNR, Faenza; IENI-CNR, Genoa; University of Genoa, Genoa; Istituto 

IMEM/CNR, Parma; CASTI-INFM Regional Laboratory- Department of Physics, University of 

L’Aquila, L’Aquila 

LITHUANIA: Faculty of Physics Vilnius University, Vilnius 

NORWAY: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Science and 

Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 

POLAND: Institute of Material Science and Engineering, University of Technology, Poznan, 

Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan; Institute of Physics, 

University of Silesia, Katowice; Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of Polish 

Academy of Science, Wroclaw 

PORTUGAL: Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 

ROMANIA: Institute of Physical Chemistry "I.G. Murgulescu" of the Romanian Academy, 

Bucharest; Department of Solid State and Theoretical Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 

Iasi; University “Politechnics” of Bucharest, National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest 

SERBIA: Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Technology, 

University of Novi Sad; Faculty for Electronic Engineering, University of Nis; Institute for 

Physics, Zemun; Institute Vinca, Belgrade; Institute for Technical Science of SASA, Belgrade; 

Electronic Industry, Nis 

SLOVAC REPUBLIC: Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Science, Kosice 

SLOVENIA: Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana; Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 

University of Maribor, Maribor; Politehnika, Nova Gorica 

SPAIN: Dept. de Sciencia y Engenieria de Materiales, Escuela Politechnica Superior, Universidad 

Carlos III, Leganes Madrid; Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), Consejo Superior de 

Investigaciones Científicas, Cantoblanco, Madrid 

SWEDEN: Dept of Materials Science -MSE Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 

SWITZERLAND: Laboratoire de Technologie des Poudres-EPFL, Lausanne; Ceramics 

Laboratory, Materials Institute Faculty of Engineering Swiss Federal Institute of Technology- 

EPFL, Lausanne 

UNITED KINGDOM: Materials Science Centre School of Materials, University of Manchester, 

Manchester; London South Bank University, Department of Engineering, Science and Built 

Environment, London; University of Sheffield, Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 

Department for Engineering Materials, Sheffield 

Non COST Countries: 

BRAZIL: Istituto de Quimica, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paolo 

JAPAN: Keio University, Jokohama 

RUSSIA: Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Department for Physical Chemistry and 

Mechanochemistry, Novosibirsk 

UKRAINA: Institute for Problems of Materials Science Academy of Science, Kiev 

MOLDOVA: Technical University of Moldova 

AZERBAIJAN: NanoCenter, Baku State University

II.B. Dissemination of results 

1. SCIENTIFIC REPORT 

1.1.Meetings of the Management Committee: 

In the period June 2006-June 2007 were held two MC meetings: 

● 3 rd MC Meeting- 19 th June 2006, Toledo, Spain 

● 4 th MC Meeting- 17 th June 2007, Berlin, Germany 

In the period June 2007-June 2008 was held one MC meeting: 

● 5 th MC Meeting- 28 th June 2008, Genboa, Italy 

1.2.Meetings of the Working Groups: 

1.2.1. Conferences and Workshops 

• (i)1 st Workshop, November 2005, Vilnius , Lithuania 

• (ii) COST 539 2 nd Workshop (WG1, WG2, WG3), 20-21 June, 2006, Toledo, Spain 

• (iii), COST 539, 3 rd Workshop; 15-16 November 2006,Brussels, Belgium 

• (iv) Nanoforum, October 2006, Brussels, Belgium 

• (v) Spring Course on Nanomaterials Characterisation,11.April,2007 Duisburg, Germany 

• (vi) COST info day, 14. March 2007, Belgrade, Serbia 

• (vii)Core Group Meeting, 11. May 2007, Duizburg, Germany 

• (viii) Euro Nanoforum, 19-20 June, 2007, Düsseldorf 

• (ix) 4th Workshop, 1 st September 2007,Bled, Slovenia 

• (x) Training School and 5 th Workshop, 29 -31 January 2008, Laysin, Switzerland 

• (ix) 6 th Workshop, 22-25 June 2008, Genoa , Italy 

• (x) 7 th Workshop, 1 st September 2008 Manchester, UK 

1.3. Short-term scientific missions-STMS: 

In the period June 2006-June 2007 were realized STMS, as follows: 

STSM - 2006 

1. Applicant: Cristina Elena Ciomaga, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Faculty of Physics, 

Iasi, Romania 

Host: Carmen Galassi, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research 

Council ISTEC-CNR, Faenza, Italy 

Topic: First order reversal curves investigation of the switching properties of BaZrxTi1-xO3 

ceramics 

2. Applicant: Teresa Hungria, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain 

Host: Jean Galy, Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales (CNRS), 

Toulouse, France 

Topic: Dense, nanosized ceramics prepared by the combination of mechanosynthesized 

nanopowders and SPS 

3. Applicant: Elena Ion, Jozef Stefan Institute,Ljubljana, Slovenia 

Host: Paul Bowen, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausane, Lausane, Switzerlan 

Topic: Surface potential study of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 particles 

4. Applicant: Jiri Plocek, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Raz, Czech Republic 

Host: Cristian Pithan, Institute for Solid State Research, Electronic Materials 

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany 

Topic: Microemulsion synthesis of alkaline niobate nanopowders and preparation of 

nanocrystalline ceramics

5. Applicant: Robertas Grigalaitis, Department of Radiophysic, Faculty of Physic, Vilnius 

University, Vilnius, Lithuania 

Host: Robert Freer, School of Materials, Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester, 

Manchester, United Kingdom 

Topic: Nano ferroelectrics 

6. Applicant: Povilas Keburis, Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania 

Host: Paula Vilarhino, Department of Ceramic and Glass Engineering, Aveiro, Portugal 

Topic: Investigation of polar nano regions 

7. Applicant: Elisa Mercadelli, CNR-ISTEC, Faenza, Italy 

Host: Lorena Pardo Mata, ICMM - CSIC, Madrid, Spain 

Topic: Hot pressing of PZT gel combusted powders 

8. Applicant: Cristian Andronescu, Physical Chemistry Institute-Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian 

Academy, Bucharest, Romania 

Host: Vladimir V. Srdic, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia 

Topic: Preparation and electric properties of (La,Sr)(Ga,Mg)O3 solid electrolyte 

9. Applicant: Katarina Marinkovic, Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of 

Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia 

Host: J.M. Torralba, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, Spain 

Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of nanostructured powders through aerosol route 

10. Applicant: Naama Klein, Ceramics Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland 

Host: Martin Kuball, H.H. Willis Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United 

Kingdom 

Topic: Phase transitions in KNbO3 nanowires 

STSM - 2007 

11. Applicant: Rita Smajda, Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of 

Szeged, Szeged, Hungary 

Host: Nava Setter, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausane, Lausane, Switzerland 

Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of KNbO3 nanowires 

12. Applicant: Olena Okhay, Department of Engineering Ceramic and Glass Engineering, Aveiro, 

Portugal 

Host: Jan Petzelt, Institute of Physics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague, 


Topic: Lattice dynamics studies of undoped and doped SrTiO3 films 

13. Applicant: Viktor Lukac, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Rez, Czech Republic 

Host: Marija Kosec, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

Topic: HRTEM analysis of KTaO3-substrate interface 

14. Applicant: Nikolina Pavlovic, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, 

Serbia 

Host: Juras Banys, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University ,Vilnius, Lithuania 

Topic: Ferroelectric behavior of doped bismuth-titanat 

15. Applicant: Jelena Bobic (1981), Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Belgrade, 

Serbia 


Topic: Characterization of nanostructures of barium bismuth titanate powders and ceramics 

16. Applicant: Georgi Evgeniev Chernev (1979), University of Chemical Technology and 

Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria 

Host: Paola Vilarinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal 

Topic: Synthesis of ferroelectric hybrid nanomaterials containing Nb2O5 

17. Applicant: Mirjana Vijatovic (1981), Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of 

Belgrade, Serbia 

Host: Paul Bowen, Laboratory for Powder Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de 

Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Topic: Characterization of nanostructures of barium bismuth titanate powders and ceramics 

18. Applicant: Jin Wang (1982), University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, 

Bulgaria 

Host: Martin Kuball, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, UK 

Topic: Raman spectra investigation of ferroelectric nanowires 

19. Applicant: Ru Zhong Hou (1979), Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, University 

of Aveiro, Portugal 

Host: Jan Petzelt, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sci., Prague, Czech Republic 

Topic: Tera-Hz, Far-infrared and Raman Characterization of Mesoporous Films of Perovskite 

Ferroelectrics 

20. Applicant: Christopher De Dobbelaere (19848), Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium 

Host: Lourdes Calzada, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain 

Topic: UV-RTP effect on formation and properties of PbTiO3 nanoislands & thin films from 

aqueous precursors 

21. Applicant: Tadej Rojac (1979), Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

Host: Bozena Hilczer, Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pozna, 

Poland 

Topic: Raman scattering study of mechanochemically prepared powders 

STSM - 2007 

22. Applicant: Florentina Violeta Maxim (1974), Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, 

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 

Host: Paul Bowen, Laboratory for Powder Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de 

Lausanne,Lausanne, Switzerland 

Topic: Synthesis and characterization of 1D BaTiO3 nanopowders 

23. Applicant: Lavinia-Petronela Curecheriu (1981), University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, 

Romania 

Host: Vincenzo Buscaglia, Institute of Energetics and Interphases-National Research Council, 

Genoa, Italy 

Topic: Study of the magnetoelectric multiferroic ceramics prepared by core-shell structures 

24. Applicant: Songhak Yoon (1976), Institute for Solid State Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich 

GmbH. Jülich, Germany 

Host: James (Zhijian) Shen, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 

Sweden 

Topic: Preparation of BaTiO3-metal nanocomposites by spark plasma sintering structures 

25. Applicant: Harvey Amorín (1974), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, 

CSIC,Madrid, Spain 

Host: Daniel Chateigner, Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Science de Matériaux CRISMAT- 

ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, Caen, France 

Topic: Quantitative evaluation of textures by combined analysis of X-ray diffraction data in 

PMN-PT 

ceramicstructures 

26. Applicant: Eva Bartonickova (1982), Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical 

Engineering, Brno, Czech Republic 

Host: Kjell Wiik, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of 

Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 

Topic: Study of transport properties of (La,Sr)(Fe,Ti)O3-d perovkites 

27. Applicant: Gabor Kozma (1981), Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, 

University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary 


Topic: Understanding the formation of electroceramic powders by high energy milling 

28. Applicant: Zorica Marinkovic-Stanojevic (1968), Institute for Multidicciplinary research, 

Belgrade, Serbia

Host: Bozena Hilczner, PAZ Institute of Molecular Physics, Poznan, Poland 

Topic: Characterization of BiFeO3 obtained by mechanochemical synthesis 

DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS 

1. Publications and Reports 

Four dedicated COST volume (as Proceedings of Workshops) were prepared. Proceeding 

from Toledo Workshop, as a following event of ELECTROCERAMICS X contained abstracts and 

all accepted papers were published in “Journal of European Ceramic Society“. All accepted 

abstracts from 4 th Workshop, as a satellite event of EMF, Conference, Bled, Slovenia were 

published in “Ferroelectric“ Journal. Proceeding from Manchester Workshop, as a following event 

of ELECTROCERAMICS XI, contained abstracts and all accepted papers would be published in 

“Journal of European Ceramic Society during 2009. 

Thematic issue of international Journal “Processing and Application of Ceramics” (after pier 

review of selected presentation from Genoa Workshop) would be published in 2009. 

In reported period more than 300 publications were published or are in press. At conferences 

ware presented more than 150 presentations. The details are given in the separate part of this Report 

(References). 

2. Conferences and Workshops 

• (i) 1 st Workshop, November 2005, Vilnius , Lithuania 

• (ii) COST 539 2 nd Workshop (WG1, WG2, WG3), 20-21 June, 2006, Toledo, Spain 

• (iii) COST 539, 3 rd Workshop; 15-16 November 2006,Brussels, Belgium 

• (iv) Nanoforum, October 2006, Brussels, Belgium 

• (v) Spring Course on Nanomaterials Characterisation,11.April,2007 Duisburg, Germany 

• (vi) Euro Nanoforum, 19-20 June, 2007, Düsseldorf 

• (vii) 4th Workshop, 1 st September 2007,Bled, Slovenia 

• (viii)Training School and 5 th Workshop, 29 -31 January 2008, Laysin, Switzerland 

• (ix) 6 th Workshop, 22-25 June 2008, Genoa , Italy 

• (x) 7 th Workshop, 1 st September 2008 Manchester, UK 

3. COST Infoday in Serbia 

(i) 14. March, 2007, COST 539, Belgrade, Serbia, Action COST 539 

4. Web site 

The web site http://www.cost539.cms-bg.net is active and update with NEWS 

5. Scientific and Technical Co-operation 

(i) There is active collaboration (and cross membership) with POLECER (European Thematic 

Network on Polar Ceramics). 

(ii) There is active collaboration (and cross membership) with KMNoE, Michal Basista 

(European Thematic Network on Functional Materials) 

(iii)The Institute of Physics of the Czech Republic have a partnership in Framework 5: Optical 

MEMS based infrared spectrometry (2001-2005); Key action 4 (Action Line IST-2001-4.7.2; 

Contract Number IST-2001-35150). 

(iv) Slovenian plus UK groups have partnership in Framework 5: TUF: GRDI-2002-40547, 

Tunable Filters Based on Dielectric Resonators.

(v) Regional cooperation between Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and 

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Romanian Academy, Timisoara, Romania. 

(vi) Contact with European project PARTICLE_RISK. (Project No. 02912 NEST project) for 

possible use of well characterised particles for toxicological tests that issue from the COST action 

539 (Prof. V. Stone, Napier University, UK). 

(vii) Contact with partners in other European projects currently being negotiated such as 

SAPHIR; Safe, integrated and controlled production of high-tech multifunctional materials and their 

recycling.The contacts within other relevant projects such as the Nanosafe-HUB. (Prof. L. 

Bergstrom, Sweden) 

(viii) Discussions with the NIST team leading the Nanopowder metrology effort - ASTM 

committee E56 on nanotechnology - E56.02 characterisation group -have been made and close 

collaboration with possible exchange of students (Dr. V. Hackley, NIST, USA). 

6. Transfer of results 

(i) Contacts established with the following standardization body: National Physical Laboratory, 

UK. 

(ii) Holding Company Electronic Industry, Belgrade-Nis, Serbia 

(iii) IRITEL d.d., Zemun, Serbia 

(iv) ASTM committee E56 on nanotechnolgy – E56.02 Characterization group and various 

European projects. 

7. Contacts in the ERA 

This has mainly been within the COST Action 539 and with external bodies. 

8. Significant highlights 

Many obtained results are with significant highlights. In 2008 most important In 2008 the most 

significant activity funded by COST whose scientific contribution and networking results deems 

outstanding is: 

• Workshop “Fabrication, Properties & Applications of Electroceramic Nanostructures”, 

Genoa, June 26th-28th, 2008 

The reasons why that activity might be considered significant are the following: 

-The Genoa Workshop has been shown an excellent scientific level (7 Plenary lectures 

presented by worldwide known scientists, 30 Oral presentations, 30 Posters, 80 participants, open 

and interesting Discussion, Special Issue of Journal) 

-The Workshop opened the ideas to new projects with other Action Members and fruitful 

cooperation with other COST Actions; create closer bonds among the different European scientific 

groups 

9. Challenges 

Main successes and shortcomings of COST 539 action could be considered as following: 

-Gathering 28 countries with the large number of groups involved in research activities 

-Gathering ~150 scientists from ~60 institutions 

-Gathering probably the most comprehensive knowledge base in Europe not only due to 

application of various Innovative methods for synthesis then also due to numerous investigated 

electroceramic nanomaterials and NEW IDEAS in the field of Electroceramics. 

-Impressive number of References published in Journal with high impact factor 

-Four thematic proceedings

It is important to stress the number of participants and early stage researchers involved in 

COST 539 that contributed to the successes of Action (Fig.) 

As the Future challenges could be point out: 

-Nanometrology, and 

-New projects 

FUTURE ACTIVITIES 

The final year activities will be addressed to: 

WG1: Synthesis and characterization (Paul Bowen, Markus Winter) 

- Metrology of powders and particles 

- Assessment of different synthesis methods 

WG2: Processing and Characterization (Paolo Nanni, Christian Pithan) 

- Ferroelectrics and multiferroics 

- Dielectric and relaxors 

- System with low dimensionality and grain size effects 

WG3: Functional Characterization (Lorena Pardo, Paula Vilarinho) 

- Modelling and size effects in nanostructured ceramics and thin films. 

- Macroscopic properties and measurement at nanoscale 

One of important activity will be preparation of Final report. 

COST Office routinely publishes reports highlighting outcomes and impacts of all Actions as 

a part of its general publicity and dissemination policy. COST has a Special budget for that purpose. 

Procedure to follow during Final report preparation will be addressed to: 

-A request for a final Action publication in the budget plan of its final year. 

-The Action Chair/MC submits a specific request for a final Action publication to the 

COST Office (Science Officer) no later than 6 months before the official end date of the Action. 

-The Action Chair/MC ensures that the invoice for the Final Action Publication will reach 

the COST Office no later than 12 months after the official end date of the Action.

- COST has to cover costs for (print) production and distribution 

The Meeting planning for last year of realization is done in Table 11. and 12. 

Type of 

meeting 

4th 

Workshop & 

5th MC 

Meeting 

5th 

Workshop 

4th Core 

Group 

Meeting 

5th Core 

Group 

Meeting 

Training 

School 

6th 

Workshop & 

5th Core 

Group 

Meeting 

Table 11. Realized and planned activities and budget (June 2008 – June 2009) 

Date Place Local organiser No. 800 € / Org.cos 

reimbur pers t, € 

26-28. 06. 

2008 

01.09. 2008 Manchester, 

UK 

14.11. 2008 Brussels, BE 

23.1.2009 Brussels, BE 

23.-24. 02. 

2009 

Total 

estimated 

cost, € 

Genoa, IT CNR, Genoa, IT 42 925 3000 38842 

Madrid, ES 

25.02.2009 Madrid, ES 

University of 

Manchester 

COST Office, 

Brussels, BE 

COST Office, 

Brussels, BE 

ICMM, Madrid, 

ES 

ICMM, Madrid, 

ES 

27 829 0 22370 

7 664 0 4649 

13 640 8320 

25 3000 19700 

10 6400 

Total 124 3000 100281 

5 6870 

Number of STSMs and total budget 

6 1300 7800 

General Action Support Grant ( 2.000 € MAX) 2000 

119950 

Remark: Light gray color is paid cost 

Type of 

meeting 

6th MC 

meeting & 7th 

Workshop 

Final MC and 

Final 

Workshop 

Table 12. Planned activities and budget (June 2009 – Decembre 2009) 

Date Place Local organiser No. 800 € / 

reimbur pers 

21-22. 06. 

2009 

10-15.10. 

2009 

Org.cost, 

€ 

Total 

estimated 

cost, € 

Cracow, PL ECeRS, Cracow, PL 28 800 22400 

Aveiro, PT 

Univer. of Aveiro, 

Aveiro, PT 

39 800 3000 31200 

Total 67 3000 53600 

Number of STSMs and total budget 6 1300 7800 

61400

Action rapporteur Dr Witold Lojkowski has some questions and recommendation to 

participants of COST 539, especially to MC members as following: 

1. Could you make a ranking of the achievements? 

Perhaps also it could be possible to make a short list of best papers and add their abstracts? 

2. You might ask COST 539 participants to sent you their own achievements according to the 

template, and select a jury that would make the ranking.As a result you will have a strong 

message to the scientific community illustrating Action Achievements. 

3. Perhaps the most results can be expanded to a book, and such a book because of the big 

importance of nanoparticles synthesis methods, characterisation and sintering will have a 

strong impact. 

4. It could also b e a special issue of the new Journal 

In Final report COST 539 Action members will take care about Template prepared by 

rapporteur W. Lojkovski. 

TEMPLATE: 

1. Title. 

2. Achievement description. 

3. What was the progress made comparing to situation before the action started. 

4. How COST contributed to the achievement. 

5. Why is the achievement important? 

6. Relevant publications. 

REFERENCES 

i) Conference presentations 

2006-2007 

5. B. Samuneva, L. Pavlova, Y. Ivanova, L. Radev, E. Kashchieva, I. Mihailova, “Sol-gel synthesis and 

structure of cordierite nanocomposites”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on 

Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain, Abstract book, COST-P-12, 259/373. 

6. L. Radev, B. Samuneva, L. Pavlova, “Synthesis and structure of cordierite and tialite via sol-gel 

route”, Third Scientific Conference 20 years Technological College of Razgrad, November 9-11, 

2006, Razdrad, Bulgaria. 

7. T. Hungría, M. Algueró, A. Castro, “Synthesis and characterization of the (1-x)SrTiO3: xNaNbO3 

solid solution prepared by a mechanochemical activation route”, Electroceramics X, International 

Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

8. T. Hungría, A. Castro, J. Galy, M. Algueró “Obtención de electrocerámicas nanoestructuradas 

mediante la combinación de mecanosíntesis y spark plasma sintering” 12ª Reunión Científica 

Plenaria de Química Inorgánica. 6ª Reunión Científica Plenaria de Química de Estado Sólido 

(QIES-06), September 10-14, 2006, Barcelona, Spain. 

9. T. Hungría, H. Amorin, M. Alguero, A. Castro, J.M. Vicente, J. Ricote, J. Galy, “The combination of 

mecanosíntesis and spark plasma sintering as a jeans of processing MPB nanostructured ceramic 

materials”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539“Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, 

November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium. 

10. R. Djenadic, L. Nikolic, B.D. Stojanovic, V. Srdic, “Titania-based nanotubes and nanowires: 

synthesis and characterization”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, 

June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

11. L. Djacanin, Z. Cvejic, S. Rakic, M. Maletin, E.G. Moshopoulou, V.V. Srdic, “Low temperature 

synthesis of yttrium-zinc-ferrites nanopowders”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on 

Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain.

12. M. R. Vasić, M. M. Vijatović, C. Jovalekić, B. D. Stojanović, “Influence of powdre synthesis on 

BaTiO3 alectrical properties”, ICOSEC, September 2006, Ohrid, Macedonia. 

13. Z.Z. Lazarevic, N.Z. Romcevic, M.J. Romcevic, B.D. Stojanovic, E. Longo, J.A. Varela, “Raman 

study of Bi2Ti3O12 obtained by mechanically assisted synthessis”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 - 

“Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, Brussels, Belgium, 

November 15-16, 2006 

14. Z.Ž. Lazarević, B.D. Stojanović, J.A. Varela, “Mechanocemical synthesis of Bi2Ti3O12 ceramics 

Bi2Ti3O12”, YUCOMAT, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, September, 2006 

15. B.D. Stojanovic, V. Mitic, V. Pejovic, M. Vasic, M.A. Zaghete, “Screen printed PLZT thick films 

prepared from nanopowders” Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, 


16. M.M. Vijatovic, M.A. Zaghete, M.R. Vasic, Lj.M. Zivkovic, B.D. Stojanovic, “Effect of powder 

synthesis on crystal and microstructure of BaTiO3“, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and 

Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium. 

17. L.S. Gómez, M.E. Rabanal, L. Mancic, J.M. Torralba, O. Milosevic, “EFTEM and TEM in 

microstructural characterization of Gd2O3:Eu”, Internacional Conference and Exhibition: 

Microscience, 2006 UK. 

18. M.E. Rabanal, L.S. Gómez, J.M. Torralba, L. Mancic, O. Milosevic “Structural and morphological 

study of nanoceramics prepared by spray pyrolysis” International Conference on Control and 

Characterization of interfaces, ICCCI 2006, September 6-9, 2006, Kurashiki, Japan. 

19. O. Milosevic, L. Gómez, M.E. Rabanal, M.I. Martín, J.M. Torralba, “The opportunities of the 

ultrasonic aerosol route for nanoscaled materials processing”, Materials Science Congres, Materials 

2007, 1-4 April, 2007, Porto, Portugal. 

20. M.E. Rabanal, O. Milosevic, L. Gómez, M.I. Martín, J.M. Torralba, “LiFe2PO4 spherical particles 

prepared by spray pyrolysis for lithium secondary battery”, Materials Science Congres, Materials 

2007, 1-4 April, 2007, Porto, Portugal. 

21. M.E. Rabanal, A. Khalifa, L. Gómez, L. Mancic O. Milosevic, J.M. Torralba, “Gd2O3:Eu system: 

Study of the influence of luminescence center concentration” 2006 Powder Metallurgy World 

Congress & Exhibition, (PM2006) Korea. 

22. P. Vanek, J. Bursik, J. Plocek, “Microemulsion synthesis of alkaline niobate nanopowders and 

preparation of nanocrystalline ceramics”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and 

Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium. 

23. K. Wiik et al., “Production of nanoscaled complex oxide powders by spray pyrolysis”, 

Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

24. K. Wiik et al., “Functional oxides for energy technology (FOET) by spray pyrolysis”, FUNMATsubproject 

meeting, NTNU, October 2, 2006, Trondheim, Norway. 

25. K. Wiik et al., “Production of nanoscaled complex oxide powders by spray pyrolysis and the 

relation between powder characteristics and densification properties”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 - 

“Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, 

Belgium. 

26. K. Wiik et al, “Production of high quality ceramic powders by spray pyrolysis”, Seminar Geminicentre 

(SINTEF/NTNU): Energy and Materials NTNU, November 24, 2006, Trondheim, Norway. 

27. O. Milosevic, “Nanoscale particle processing through aerosol routes”, International Conference on 

Control and Characterization of interfaces, ICCCI 2006, (invited) September 6-9, 2006, Kurashiki, 

Japan. 

28. O. Milosevic, “The morphological and structural properties of the nanophased particles processed”, 

Symposium COE -Center of Excellence 21 st Century, (invited) September 11, 2006, Osaka, Japan. 

29. O. Milosevic, “The opportunities of the ultrasonic aerosol routes for advanced materials processing”, 

Symposium: R&D days: Project development, Emilia Romagna Region, (invited) September 20-21, 

2006, Bologna, Italy. 

30. M.E. Rabanal, L. Gómez, L. Mancic, O. Milosevic, J.M. Torralba, “Structural and morphological 

characterization of ceramics nanoparticles obtained by aerosol method”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 – 


Belgium. 

31. O. Milosevic, L. Mancic, L. Gomez and M.E. Rabanal, “Structural refinement in europium-dopeedgadolinia 

nanocrystalline powder”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and Characterization of 

Nanostructured Systems”, November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium.

32. O. Milosevic, M.E. Rabanal. L. Gomez, “Rare earth based phosphor particles synthesized from 

aerosol: structural and morphological properties”, Materials Science Congres, Materials 2007, 

(extended abstract) April 1-4, 2007, Porto, Portugal. 

33. L. Mancic, Z. Marinkovic Stanojevic, G. Del Rosario, O. Milosevic, “Evolution of yttrium 

aluminium garnet partisle structure derived from aerosol”, Electroceramics X, International 


34. O. Milosevic, M.E. Rabanal. L. Gomez, J.M. Torralba, “Low temperature aerosol synthesis (LTAS) 

of nanostructured alumina particles”, Materials Science Congres, Materials 2007, (extended 

abstract) April 1-4, 2007, Porto, Portugal. 

35. O. Milosevic, et al., “EFTEM and TEM in microstructural characterization of Gd2O3:Eu” 

Internacional Conference and Exhibition: Microscience 2006, UK 

36. A. Hardy, S. Van Elshocht, M.K. Van Bael, S. De Gendt, C. Adelmann, M. Caymax, T. Conard, T. 

Witters, M. D'Olieslaeger, M. Heyns, J. Mullens, “Ultra-thin dielectric oxide films by aqueous 

chemical solution deposition”, oral presentation at 31 st International Cocoa Beach Conference & 

Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, January 21-26, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida, 

USA. 

37. A. Hardy, S. Van Elshocht, M.K. Van Bael, S. De Gendt, C. Adelmann, M. Caymax, T. Conard, T. 

Witters, M. D'Olieslaeger, M. Heyns, J. Mullens, “New, fast screening of alternative oxide gate 

dielectrics by aqueous CSD”, oral presentation at 31 st International Cocoa Beach Conference & 


USA. 

38. S. Van Elshocht, S. De Gendt, C. Adelmann, P.K. Baumann, D.P. Brunco, M. Caymax, T. Conard, 

P. Delugas, A. Hardy, M.K. Van Bael, J. Mullens, P. Lehnen, D. Shamirayan, R. Vos, T.P. 

Zimmerman, M. Meuris, M. Heyns, “Alternative gate dielectric materials”, invited lecture at ECS 

joint International meeting ’210th meeting of the electrochemical society and XXI Congreso de la 

Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquimica’, Oktober 29 - November 3, 2006, Cancun, Mexico. 

39. A. Hardy, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. Mullens, J. D’Haen, L. Goux, D. Wouters, “The 

aqueous chemical solution deposition of ferroelectric Bi3,5La0,5Ti3O12 (BLT) thin films”, Lezing 

tijdens 18 th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics te Honolulu, April 23-27, 2006, 

Hawaii, USA. 

40. V. Fruth, E. Tenea, G. Voicu, M. Popa, C. Hornoiu, M. Zaharescu, “Preparation of BiFeO3 powders 

by mechanochemical activation”, Size-Dependent Effects in Materials for Environmental Protection 

and Energy Application, May 25-27, 2006, Varna, Bulgaria. 

41. V. Fruth, C. Andronescu, C. Hornoiu, S. Preda, S. Stoleriu, G. Voicu, “Structure and electric 

conductivity of (La, Sr)(Ga, Mg)O3 solid electrolyte”, Size-Dependent Effects in Materials for 

Environmental Protection and Energy Application, May 25-27, 2006, Varna, Bulgaria. 

42. L. Predoana, B. Malic, M. Kosec, M. Carata, M. Caldararu, M. Zaharescu, “Characterization of 

LaCoO3 powders obtained by water-based sol-gel method with citric acid”, Electroceramics X, 

International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

43. L. Predoana, A.Barau, M. Stoicescu, V. Teodorescu, M. Zaharescu, “Spectroscopic study of LiCoO2 

powders preparation by sol-gel method”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and 

Characterization of Nanostructured Systems” November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium. 

44. A. Hardy, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. Mullens, J. D’Haen, L. Goux, D.J. Wouters, 

“Preparation and properties of ferroelectric substituted bismuth titanate thin films by aqueous CSD”, 


45. H. Van den Rul, M.K. Van Bael, J. Mullens, “Nanostructured metal oxides prepared by aqueous 

solution synthesis routes”, oral presentation at Electroceramics X, International Conference on 

Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain 

46. I. Truijen, M. K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. D’Haen, J. Mulens, S. Mullens, “Preparation by water 

based chemical solution deposition of nanocrystalline anatase layers with different morphologies”, 

oral presentation at Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 

2006, Toledo, Spain. 

47. I. Truijen, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. D’Haen, S. Mullens, J. Mullens, “Preparation of 

nanocrystalline anatase layers with different morphologies by water based chemical solution 

deposition”, oral presentation at E-MRS Conference, May 28 - June 2, 2006, Nice, France. 

48. V. Fruth, M. Zaharescu, C. Andronescu, J. Moreno, M. Popa, V. Sridic, “Structure and electric 

conductivity of (La, Sr)(Ga,Mg)O3 solid electrolyte”, 31 st International Cocoa Beach Conference &


USA. 

49. G. Grader, A. Etin, “Importance of precursor properties in CSD process”, Electroceramics X, 


50. G. Grader, A. Etin, “Uniformity, composition and surface tension in solution deposited PZT films”, 

2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, 


51. K. Maca, P. Žalud, “The efficiency of two-step sintering method in ceramics processing”, 10 th 

International Conference of the European Ceramics Society, June 2007, Berlin, Germany. 

52. K. Maca, V. Pouchly, D. Salamon, “Two-step sintering and spark plasma sintering of oxide 

ceramics”, 19 th International Confrence of Integrated Ferroelectrics, May 2007, Bordeaux, France. 

53. J. Petzelt, T. Ostapchuk, I. Gregora, M. Savinov, K. Maca, J. Liu, Z. Shen, “Giant grain boundary 

effect on the dielectric response of SrTiO3 ceramics and nanoceramics”, 19 th International Confrence 

of Integrated Ferroelectrics, May 2007, Bordeaux, France. 

54. K. Maca, “The influence of sintering schedule on microstructure of SrTiO3 ceramics”, 3 rd Workshop 

COST 539, “Nanostructured Materials: Proccesing and Aplication”, September 2007, Bled, 

Slovenia. 

55. L. Mitoseriu, C. Harnagea, V. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, M. T. Buscaglia, I. Pallecchi, A. Testino, P. 

Nanni, A.S. Siri, “BaTiO3-(Ni0.5Zn0.5)Fe2O4 ceramic composites with ferroelectric and magnetic 

properties”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, 

Toledo, Spain. 

56. C. Harnagea, L. Mitoseriu, V. Buscaglia, I. Pallecchi, P. Nanni, “Magnetic and ferroelectric domain 

structures in BaTiO3 - (Ni0.5Zn0.5)Fe2O4 multiferroic ceramics”, Electroceramics X, International 


57. L. Mitoseriu, L. Stoleriu, D. Piazza, V. Buscaglia, C.E. Ciomaga, A. Stancu, C. Galassi, P. Nanni, 

“Hysteresis and tunability characteristics of Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics described by first order reversal 

curves diagrams”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 

2006, Toledo, Spain. 

58. A. Ianculescu, A. Brăileanu, M. Viviani, L. Mitoşeriu, “Dielectric properties of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 

and (Pb1-xLax)(Mg(1+x)/3Nb(2–x)/3)O3 ceramics prepared by columbite route”, Electroceramics X, 


59. A. Ianculescu, D. Berger, M. Viviani, C.E. Ciomaga, L. Mitoseriu, E. Vasile, N. Drăgan, D. Crişan, 

“Investigation of Ba1-xSrxTiO3 ceramics elaborated from powders synthesized by combustion of 

(Ba,Sr,Ti)-polymeric precursors”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, 


60. L. Pardo, A. García, K. Brebøl, D. Piazza and C. Galassi. “Influence of the porosity on the shear 

piezoelectric coefficients, including losses, of PZT based ceramics with morphotropic phase 

boundary composition” Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, 

Toledo, Spain 19-24, 2006. 

61. R. Jiménez, M.L. Calzada and L. Pardo. “Dielectric characterization of ferroelectric nanopowders”. 

Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramic, Toledo, Spain 19-24, 2006. 

62. R. Jiménez, J. Ricote, J. Holc, M. Kosec and M. Algueró. “Dielectric characterization of ferroelectric 

nano-particles”. Third Workshop COST 539, 3WP-ELENA 2007, "Nanostructured Materials: 

Proccesing and Aplication ", Bled, Slovenia. September 2007. 

63. L. Pardo, E. Mercadelli, K. Brebøl, A. García, C. Galassi, “Shear coefficients from a non-standard 

sample of (Bi1/2Na1/2)0.94Ba0.06TiO3 ceramics prepared by hot-pressing”, 3 rd Workshop COST 539, 

“Nanostructured Materials: Proccesing and Aplication”, September 2007, Bled, Slovenia. 

64. P.M. Vilarinho, F. Maxim, P. Ferreira, ”Hydrothermal synthesis of 1D BaTiO3 nanostructures”. 

Invited Talk at the COST 539 2nd Workshop Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured 

systems, November 15- 16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium 

65. M. L. Calzada, M. Torres, J. Ricote and L. Pardo. “PbTiO3 nanostructures onto substrates prepared 

by microemulsion mediated synthesis”. COST 539 2nd Workshop Processing and Characterization 

of Nanostructured systems, November 15- 16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium 

66. N. Setter, W. Ma, N. Klein, E. Vasco, G. Suyal, E. Colla, “Piezoelectric nano-wires: fabrication and 

properties”, COST 539 session in the Electroceramics X, International Conference on 

Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain

67. J. Wang, W. Ma, E. Colla, Y. Wang, S.C. Sandu, R. Gysel, N. Setter, “Towards the fabrication of 

piezoelectric PZT nanowiers”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and Characterization of 

Nanostructured Systems”, November 15-16, 2006, Brussels, Belgium 

68. M.T. Buscaglia, V. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, L. Mitoşeriu, P. Nanni, “Tailoring of perovskite oxides 

nanopowders: particles size and morphology control to produce nanocrystalline dense ceramics”, 

IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

69. L. Mitoseriu, F. Prihor, V. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, M.T. Buscaglia, P. Nanni, “Dielectric and 

ferroelectric properties of the (1-x)BiFeO3-xBaTiO3 multiferroic ceramics”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26- 

29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

70. A. Ianculescu, L. Mitoseriu, H. Chiriac, M.M. Carnasciali, A. Braileanu, R. Trusca “Preparation and 

magnetic properties of the (1-x)BiFeO3-xBaTiO3 solid solutions with multiferroic character”, IEEE- 

ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

71. C.E. Ciomaga, L. Mitoseriu, V. Buscaglia, M.T. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, P. Nanni, “Compositionally 

induced ferroelectric-relaxor crossover in Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, 

Iasi, Romania. 

72. L. Mitoseriu, L. Stoleriu, A. Stancu, “Influence of the microstructural characteristics of ferroelectrics 

on the First Order Reversal Curves diagrams”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

73. L.P. Curecheriu, F.M. Tufescu, C.E. Ciomaga, L. Mitoseriu, A. Stancu, “Tunability characteristics of 

BaTiO3 –based ceramic: Modeling and experimental study”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, 

Romania. 

74. R. Frunza, L.P. Curecheriu, L. Mitoseriu, “Study of the nonlinear resonance of a LCR circuit with 

ferroelectric”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

75. F.M. Tufescu, R. Frunza, L. Mitoseriu, “Dielectric and piezoelectric characteristics of the Nb-doped 

PZT ceramics”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

76. C. E. Ciomaga, I. Dumitru, A. Guzu, L. P. Curecheriu, L. Mitoseriu, “Study of the frequencydependence 

of the complex permittivity in ferroelectric ceramics: evidences of the grain boundary 

phenomena”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

77. F.M. Tufescu, C. E. Ciomaga, L. Curecheriu, A. Ianculescu, L. Mitoseriu, “High-voltage tunability 

measurements of BZT ferroelectric ceramics”, IEEE-ROMSC, May 26-29, 2007, Iasi, Romania. 

78. D. Ricinschi, L. Mitoseriu, C.E. Ciomaga, V. Buscaglia, M. Okuyama, “Ferroelectric-relaxor 

crossover characteristics in Ba(ZrxTi1-x)O3 ceramics investigated by AFM-piezoresponse study”, 10 th 

Conference of the European Ceramics Society, June 2007, Berlin, Germany. 

79. A. Ianculescu, L. Mitoşeriu, H. Chiriac, M. M. Carnasciali, A. Brăileanu, R. Truşcă, “Preparation 

and properties of (1-x)BiFeO3-xBaTiO3 solid solutions with multiferroic character”, 10 th Conference 

of the European Ceramics Society, June 2007, Berlin, Germany. 

80. L. Mitoseriu, “Ferroelectric-magnetic composites: intrinsic and extrinsic interplay contributions to 

the functional properties”, 10 th Conference of the European Ceramics Society, June 2007, Berlin, 

Germany. 

81. A. Ianculescu, A. Brăileanu, M. Crişan, F. Tufescu, L.P. Curecheriu, L. Mitoşeriu, G. Voicu, N. 

Drăgan, D. Crişan, E. Vasile, “Investigation of microstructure and properties of BaTi0.85Zr0.15O3 

ceramics prepared by alternative techniques”, 10 th Conference of the European Ceramics Society, 

June 2007, Berlin, Germany. 

82. O. Okhay, A. Wu, P.M. Vilarinho, I.M. Reaney, M.R. Soares, A.R.L. Ramos, E. Alves, J. Petzelt, J. 

Pokorny, “Preparation and characterization of doped SrTiO3 thin films”, III Jornadas CICECO, 

January 2006, Aveiro, Portugal. 

83. S. Kamba, S. Denisov, M. Berta, D. Noujni, P.M. Vilarinho, A. Sternberg, “FTIR and broad-band 

dielectric spectra of PMN pyrochlore and PFW-PT relaxor ferroelectrics”, Electroceramics X, 


84. O. Okhay, A. Wu, P.M. Vilarinho, M.R.Soares, J. Petzelt, J. Pokorny, “Stress effect on sol gel 

SrTiO3 films: structure, microstructure and electrical properties at room temperature”, 


85. F. Remondière, B. Malic, M. Kosec, P. Marchet, A. Wu, P.M. Vilarinho, J.P. Mercúrio, 

“Crystallization and electrical characterization of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (NBT) thin films obtained by a 

modified sol-gel route”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18- 

22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

86. P.M. Vilarinho, A. Tkach, I.M. Reaney, A.L. Kholkin, “Octahedral-tilt-transition and defect ordering 

in SrTi0.95Mn0.05O3 ceramics”, MRS Fall Meeting, 27 November-1 December, 2006 Boston, USA.

87. O. Okhay, A. Wu, P.M. Vilarinho, M. R.Soares, I.M. Reaney, J. Petzelt, J. Pokorny, “Stress effect 

and microstructure properties on sol gel SrTiO3 films”, IV Jornadas CICECO, January 11-12, 2007, 

Aveiro, Portugal. 

88. A. Tkach, P.M. Vilarinho, I.M. Reaney, A.L. Kholkin, “Utilization of TEM for the characterisation 

of doped incipient ferroelectrics”, IV Jornadas CICECO, January 11-12, 2007, Aveiro, Portugal. 

89. V. Koval, M.J. Reece, A.J. Bushby, “The effect of spherical nanoindentation on the local 

ferroelectric and piezoelectric response of lead zirconate titanate films”, U.S. Navy Workshop on 

Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College, May 2007, USA. 

90. M.E. Rabanal, J.M. Torralba et al., “Rare earth based phosphor particles synthesized from aerosol: 

structural and morphological properties”, Materials Science Congres, Materials 2007, (extended 

abstract) April 1-4, 2007, Porto, Portugal. 

91. M.E. Rabanal, J.M. Torralba et al., “Low temperature aerosol synthesis (LTAS) of nanostructured 

alumina particles”, Materials Science Congres, Materials 2007, (extended abstract) April 1-4, 2007, 

Porto, Portugal. 

92. K. Maca, K. Častkova, V.V. Srdić, R.R. Djenadić, “Synthesis and sintering of nanometere SrTiO3”, 

2 nd Workshop COST 539 – “Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, 


93. R-A. Eichel, H. Hahn, V.V. Srdić, “The role of (Fe’Ti-Vo’’)’ functional centers in nanoscale 

ferroelectric PbTiO3 powders – micro-structure and defect chemistry”, 2 nd Workshop COST 539 - 


Belgium. 

94. M. Maletin, E.G. Moshopoulou, A.G. Kontos, E. Devlin, V.V. Srdić, “Synthesis, structure and 

magnetic properties of In-doped ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles and ZnCr2O4 powders”, 2 nd Workshop COST 

539 – “Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Systems”, November 15-16, 2006, 

Brussels, Belgium. 

95. N. Pavlović, R. Djenadic, V. Koval, V.V. Srdić, “Effect of lanthanum and cerium substitution on the 

structural and electrical properties of bismuth titanate”, 45 th Meeting of the Serbian Chemical 

Society, January 2007, Novi Sad, Serbia. 

96. E.D. Ion, B. Malic, I. Arcon, A. Kodre, M. Kosec, “Characterization of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 prepared by an 

alkoxide-based sol-gel synthesis with different hydrolysis conditions”, Electroceramics X, 


97. M. Viviani, J. Barrel, M.T. Buscaglia, V. Buscaglia, M. Vardavoulias, E. Stytsenko, “Properties of 

compositionally graded Ba(1-x)SrxTiO3 thick films”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on 

Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

98. P. Keburis, J. Banys, A. Brilingas, J. Grigas, A. Salak, V. Ferreira, “Dielectric properties of BT- 

LMT mixed ceramics”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18- 

22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

99. R. Grigalaitis, J. Banys, A. Brilingas, A. Sternberg, K. Borwanis, V. Zauls, “Broadband dielectric 

spectroscopy of PSN ceramics”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, 


100. D. Berger, C. Matei, F. Papa, V. Fruth, J.P. Deloume, “Pure and doped lanthanum 

manganites obtained by combustion method”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on 


101. M. Maletin, A.G. Kontos, E. Devlin, Z. Cvejic, V.V. Srdic, E.G. Moshopoulou, “Synthesis 

and structural characterization of In-doped ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles”, Electroceramics X, International 


102. V. Bovtun, S. Veljko, S. Kamba, J. Petzelt, M.C. Stennett, A. R. West, “Broad-band 

dielectric response of lead-free and lead-based relaxor ferrolectrics”, Electroceramics X, 


103. D. Chateigner, J. Ricote, E. Guilmeau, S. Meslin, M. Morales, L. Lutterotti, “Texture-structuremicrostructure-phase 

analysis of multi-phased ceramics and films using x-ray and neutron 

diffraction: examples of sinter-forged Bi2223-Bi2212, melt textured growth Y-BA-CU-O and Nano- 

Si”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, 

Spain. 

104. I. Bretos, R. Jimenez, M.L. Calzada, M.K. Van Bael, A. Hardy, D. Van Genechten, J. Mullens, 

“Effect of the diol based and aqueous sol-gel routes on the properties of derived (Pb,Ca)TiO3 thin 

films”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 18-22, 2006, Toledo, 

Spain.

105. M. Alguero, J. Banys, A. Brilingas, J. Grigas, A. Salak, V. Ferreira, “Relaxor-ferroelectric 

Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ceramics by mechanosunthesis: contribution to fundamental knowledge, 

functionaly and texturing”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on Electroceramics, June 

18-22, 2006, Toledo, Spain. 

106. J. Skrzypek, M. Kosec, Z. Surowiak, D. Kuscer, “Study of x/90/10 PLZT ceramics with 

stoichiometry according to A- and B-site compensating valency substitutios”, Electroceramics X, 


107. V. Koval, M. J. Reece, A. Bushby, J. Dusza, “Local switching behavior and electrical polarization of 

reffoelectric thin films under nanoindentation”, Electroceramics X, International Conference on 


108. V. Fruth, M. Popa, D. Berger, H. Calderon Moreno, E. Tenea, M. Gartner, M. Zaharescu, M. 

Anastasescu, “Deposition and characterization of BiFeO3 thin films”, Electroceramics X, 


109. T. Grigorieva, E. Ivanov, N. Lyakhov, “Nanosized indium oxide”, Electroceramics X, International 


110. M.E. Rabanal, L. Gomez, A. Khalifa, J.M. Torralba, L. Mancic, O. Milosevic, “Structural properties 

of gadolinium doped europium synthesized through aerosol”, Electroceramics X, International 


111. K. Brinkman, A. Tagantsev, V. Cherman, Y. Wang, N. Setter, S. Kamba, J. Petzelt, “Peculiar 

features of the dielectric response in Lead Scandium Tantalate Pb(Sc1/2Ta1/2)O3 thin films”, 

Proceedings of 2006 MRS Fall Meeting, in press. 

112. 108. Z.Ž. Lazarević 1, ∗ , N.Ž.Romčević 1 , 

J.Bobić 2 , N.Paunović 1 , Z.Mitrović-Dohčević 1 , 

B.D.Stojanović, "Raman Study of Ferroelectric Bismuth Layer-Oxide ABi4Ti4O15 Prepared by the 

Mechanochemical Synthesis ", 4 th Workshop COST 539, 25-29 June 2008, Genova, Italy, book of 

abstracts, p 58 

113. Z. Lazarevic, N. Romcevic, M. Vijatovic, M. Romcevic, N. Paunovic, B. Stojanovic, "Infrared and 

Raman spectroscopy study of barium titnate powders", ELECTROCERAMICS XI, 1-3 September, 

Manchester, abstract and CD Rom Proceedings 

2008 

114. M.M. Vijatovic, J.D. Bobic, B.D. Stojanovic, P. Bowen, "Characterization of barium titanate 

powders prepared by polymeric precursors method“, NanoMetro Workshop, 31. january 2008., 

Leyzin, Switzerland, book of abstracts, p 33-34 

115. M.M.Vijatović, J.D.Bobić, M.A.Zaghete, Lj.M.Živković, B.D.Stojanović, "Properties of 

Lanthanum Doped Barium Titanate Produced from Nanopowders", 4 th Workshop COST 539, 25-29 

June 2008, Genova, Italy, book of abstracts, p 57 

116. J.D.Bobić, B.D.Stojanović, M.M.Vijatovic, T.Rojac, "Characterization of Barium Bismuth Titanate 

Prepared by Mechanical Assisted Synthesis"4 th Workshop COST 539, 25-29 June 2008, Genova, 

Italy, book of abstracts, p 59 

117. M.M. Vijatović, J.D. Bobić, B.D. Stojanović, P. Bowen, "Influence of lanthanum doping on 

properties of BaTiO3 prepared from organometallic complex", 5 th Workshop COST 539, 1 

September, Manchester, UK, abstract and CD proceedings 

118. Z. Marinković Stanojević, L. Mančić, T. Srećković B. Stojanović, B.Hiltzer, "Mechanochemical 

synthesis of bismuth ferrite", 5 th Workshop COST 539 and ELECTROCERAMICS XI, 1 

September, Manchester, UK, Book of abstracts, CD Rom Proceedings 

119. M.M. Vijatović, J.D. Bobić, B.D. Stojanović, P. Bowen, "Influence of lanthanum doping on 

properties of BaTiO3 prepared from organometallic complex", 5 th Workshop COST 539 and 

ELECTROCERAMICS XI, 1 September, Manchester, UK, Book of abstracts, CD Rom Proceedings 

120. Z. Lazarevic, B. Stojanovic, J. Bobic, N. Paunovic, Z. Mitrovic Dohcevic, "Study on Bi-layerd 

ceramic powders prepared by the mechanochemical synthesis", 5 th Workshop COST 539 and 

ELECTROCERAMICS XI, 1-3 September, Manchester, UK, abstract , CD Rom Proceedings 

121. T. Hungría, M Algueró, H Amorín, J. Galy, A. Castro, “Stabilization of low tolerance factor 

perovskites by the combination of mechanosynthesis and spark plasma sintering” Proceeding of 

Advanced Processing of Novel Functional Materials - APNFM2008, Dresden (Germany) 

January 2008

122. T. Hungría, M. Algueró, E. Vila, H. Amorín, R. Jiménez, A. Castro, J Galy. “SPARK PLASMA 

SINTERING: THE RIGHT TRACK TO THE NANOSCALE IN THE FERROIC PEROVSKITES” 

International Workshop on Spark Plasma Sintering. 6-7 October 2008. Avignon, France. 

123. Institute of Molecular Physics, Poznań, Poland, June10th -13th, 2008 “Tailoring of Perovskites 

Oxides Nanopowders: Particles Size and Morphology Control to Obtain Nanostructured Materials” 

124. A.Bassano, M.T.Buscaglia, V.Buscaglia and P.Nanni “Particles Size and Morphology Control of 

Perovskites Oxides Nanopowders for Nanostructured Materials IV-th Balkan Conference on Glass 

Science and Technology, 29-th Sept. – 1-st Oct. 2008, Varna, 

125. B. Nuzhnyy, J. Petzelt, I. Rychetsky, M. Połomska, J. Kułek, B. Hilczer, C. Elisalde, U. Chung, C. 

Busquet, C. Aymonier, M. Maglione, V. Buscaglia, M.T. Buscaglia, P. Nanni, Infrared and THz 

Spectroscopy of Various Nanocomposites Containing BaTiO3, XVIII Polish-Czech Seminar 

STRUCTURAL AND FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITIONS, Zakopane May 18-22, 2008, 

Abstracts p.21 

126. W. Walerczyk, I. Szafraniak-Wiza, A. Pietraszko, B. Hilczer, XRD Controlof Mechanical Synthesis 

Process of (BiFeO3)0.5(BaTiO3)0.5 Multiferroic System, XVIII Polish-Czech Seminar 


Abstracts p. 101 

127. I. Szafraniak-Wiza, B. Hilczer, B. Andrzejewski, A. Pietraszko, Magnetic properties of BiFeO3 and 

Bi0.7La0.3FeO3 Nanopowders Obtained by Mechanosynthesis, XVIII Polish-Czech Seminar 


Abstracts p. 106 

128. A. Pietraszko, I. Szafraniak-Wiza, W. Walerczyk, X-Ray Studies of Perovskite Nanopowders 

Produced by Mechanosynthesis, NanoMetro Training & Workshop, 29-31 01.2008, Leysine 

129. M. Połomska, B. Hilczer, M. Kosec, B. Malič, NIR FT Raman studies of (1-x)K0.5NbO3-xSrTiO3 

lead free relaxors, 9-th European Conference on Application of Polar Dielectrics, Roma 25- 

29.08.2008, Abstract Booklet str. 186 

130. I. Szafraniak-Wiza, B. Hilczer, A. Pietraszko, W. Walerczyk, A. Pawlowski Mechanochemical 

synthesis of solid solution (BiFeO3)0.7(BaTiO3)0.3 nanopowder, ELECTROCERAMICS XI, 

Manchester, 31.08-04.09.2008, Abstract N-039-P (Symposium COST 539) 

131. A. Pietraszko, I. Szafraniak-Wiza, B. Hilczer, B. Andrzejewski, Properties of BiFeO3 and 

Bi0.7La0.3FeO3 Nanopowders Obtained by Mechanosynthesis, XXI Congress of the International 

Union of Crystallography, Osaka, 23-31.09.2008. Acta Cryst.A 64, C 642 

132. G. Korotcenkov, Sang Do Han, Chemiresisitive Solid State Gas Sensors: Improvement through 

Material Engineering, November 28-19, 2008, Seoul, Proceedings of National Sensors Conference, 

pp. 132-135. (poster) 

133. G. Korotcenkov, Sang Do Han, V. Tolstoy, L. Gulina Peculiarities of Gas Sensing Characteristics 

of SnO2-Based Sensors Modified by SnO2-Au Nanocomposites Synthesized by SILD Method, 

November 28-29, 2008, Seoul, Proceedings of National Sensors Conference, pp. 311-315 (oral). 

134. G. Korotcenkov, S.D. Han, M. Nazarov, D.Y. Noh, Defect study of SnO2 by cathodoluminescence 

analysis: application to nanostructured SnO2 films deposited by spray pyrolysis, International MRS 

Conference, Satellite AAA Conference, Beijing, China, June 15-18, 2008. Abstract book, p.35 

(poster) 

135. G. Korotcenkov, S.D. Han, V. Brinzari, The influence of Cu-,Fe-,Co- and Ni-doping on thermal 

stability of SnO2 film structure, International MRS Conference, Satellite AAA Conference, Beijing, 

China, June 16-18, 2008. Abstract book, p. 34 (oral) 

136. G. Korotcenkov, Sang Do Han, V. Tolstoy, Structural Characterization and Phase Transformations 

in Metal Oxide Films Synthesized by SILD Method, COST Workshop, 26- 28 June, Genova, Italy. 

Abstract book, p. 56 (poster) 

137. Sang Do Han, Ghenadii Korotcenkov, Sang Hyun Park, Seong Sik Cheon, Catalytic combustion type 

planar micro hydrogen gas sensor, In: Proceeding of 12 th International Meeting on Chemical 

Sensors, 2008, USA, Report CBST 133.1-133.2. 

138. G. Korotcenkov, V. Tolstoy, V. Brinzari, S.D. Han, SnO2-based sensors of reducing gases with 

catalytically active surface filters synthesized by SILD method, In: Proceeding of 12 th International 

Meeting on Chemical Sensors, 2008, USA, Report MMAS 12.1-12.2. 

139. G. Korotcenkov, S.D. Han, V. Brinzari, SEM study of SnO2 films deposited by spray pyrolysis: 

conclusions for gas sensor application, CD Abstract Book of the 9 th Asia-Pacific Microscopy 

Conference, 2-8 November, 2-8, 2008, Jeju, Korea, pp. 844-845 (oral)

140. V. Brinzari, G. Korotcenkov, Nanoscale superficial modification of SnO2 by transitional metal 

oxides as effective tool for gas selectivity improvement, International Conference on Material 

Science and Condense Matter Physics, Chisinau, Moldova, October 2008. Absracts book (orall) 

141. L.P. Curecheriu, F.M. Tufescu, L. Mitoseriu and A. Ianculescu, Non-linear dielectric properties of 

ferroelectric ceramics, 8th International Conference in Physics of Advanced Materials ICPAM8, 

Iasi, Romania, 4-6 June 2008 

142. C.E. Ciomaga, L. Stoleriu, L. Mitoseriu, V. Buscaglia and P. Nanni, Composition and grain sizedriven 

ferroelectric-relaxor crossover in Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramics, 8th International Conference in 

Physics of Advanced Materials ICPAM8, Iasi, Romania, 4-6 June 2008 

143. A. Ianculescu, R.C. Frunza, L. Curecheriu, L. Mitoseriu, Functional properties of Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 

ceramics with radial porosity gradient prepared by alternative methods, 8th International Conference 

in Physics of Advanced Materials ICPAM8, Iasi, Romania, 4-6 June 2008 

144. T. Hungría, M Algueró, H Amorín, J. Galy, A. Castro “Stabilization of Low Tolerance Factor 

Perovskites by the Combination of Mechanosynthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering”Advanced 

Processing of Novel Functional Materials - APNFM2008, Dresden (Germany) January 2008 

145. C. De Dobbelaere, A. Hardy, J. D´Haen, H. Van den Rul, M.K. Van Bael, J. Mullens, R. Jiménez, J. 

Ricote, M.L Calzada “UV-assisted RTP on aqueous solution-gel PbTiO3 precursors” Third 

Workshop COST539 “Fabrication, properties and applications of electroceramic nanostructures”, 

Genoa, Italy, 26-28 June 2008 

146. A.Castro, M. Algueró, E. Vila, J. Hernández-Velasco, H. Amorín, R. Jiménez, T. Hungría, J. Galy, 

“Multiferroic Perovskites of the Solid Solution BiMnO3-PbTiO3 Prepared as Nanostructured 

Materials” 9th European Conference on Applications of Polar Dielectrics, ECAPD IX, Rome 

(Italy), 2008 

147. M. Algueró, "Processing and properties of submicro and nanostructured ceramics of perovskite 

relaxor-based MPB materials obtained by mechanosynthesis" Third Workshop COST539 

“Fabrication, properties and applications of electroceramic nanostructures”, Genoa, Italy, 26-28 June 

2008 

148. T. Hungría, M. Dollé, J. Galy, M. Algueró, H. Amorín, J. Ricote, R. Jimenez and A. Castro 

“Processing of nanostructured ceramics of MPB-perovskite solid solutions” V Encuentro Franco- 

Español de Química y Física del Estado Sólido, Clermont-Ferrand (France) April 2008. 

149. H. Amorín, J. Ricote, P. Ramos, D. Chateigner, I. Santacruz, R. Moreno, J. Holc, M. Kosec, M. 

Algueró “Cerámicas texturadas de 0.65Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.35PbTiO3 por TGG de polvo 

nanocristalino obtenido por mecanosíntesis” X Congreso Nacional de Materiales, San Sebastian, 18- 

20 June, 2008. 

150. T. Hungría, J. Galy, M. Algueró, E. Vila, H. Amorín, R. Jiménez, A. Castro, “Spark Plasma 

Sintering: the Right Track to the Nanoscale in the Ferroic Perovskites” International Workshop on 

Spark Plasma Sintering, Avignon (France) 

151. G. Chernev, B. Samuneva, I. M. Miranda Salvado, P. Vilarinho, A. Wu, Sol-gel nanomaterials in 

the system K2O-Nb2O5-SiO2, Abstract books of IV-th Balkan Conference on Glass Science and 

Technology, 29-th Sept. – 1-st Oct. 2008, Varna, P. 122. 

152. V. Kassabova-Zhetcheva, L. Pavlova, B. Samunevaa, E. Kashchieva, Sintering of ceramic 

nanocrystalline powders, Abstract book, 4th Workshop "Fabrication, Properties & Applications of 

Electroceramic Nanostructures", COST 539 Action – ELENA, P. 65. 

153. G. Chernev, B. Samunevaa, I.M. Miranda Salvado, P. Vilarinho, A. Wu, Sinthesis and structure of 

nanomaterials in the system K2O-Nd2O5-SiO2, Abstract book, 4th Workshop "Fabrication, 

Properties & Applications of Electroceramic Nanostructures", COST 539 Action – ELENA, P. 66. 

154. St. Slavov, E. Kashchieva, M. Krapchanska, Y.Dimitriev, Microstructure and electrical properties of 

bismuthate-titanate ceramics, Abstract books of IV-th Balkan Conference on Glass Science and 

Technology, 29-th Sept. – 1-st Oct. 2008, Varna, P. 128. 

155. L. Predoana, B. Malic, M. Kosec, M. Scurtu, M. Caldararu, M.Zaharescu „Phase Formation and 

Electrical Propertie of the LaCoO3 Obtained by Water-based Sol-Gel Method with Citric Acid”, 4 th 

Workshop “Fabrication, Properties & Applications of Electroceramic Nanostructures”, Genoa 

(Italy), 26-28 June, 2008, COST539 Action 

156. M.S.Mihaiu, A.Toader, M. Anastasescu, M. Gabor, T. Petrisor jr, M. Stoica, M. Zaharescu, 

„Alumina –Doped and un Doped Zinc Oxide Films Obtained by Soft Chemistry”, 4 th Workshop 

“Fabrication, properties & Applications of Electroceramic Nanostructures” Genoa (Italy), June 26- 

28,2008, COST 539 Action

157. L.Predoana, B.Malic, M.Kosec, M.Scurtu, M.Caldararu, M.Zaharescu, “Influence of the Precursors 

on the Properties of the LaCoO3 Obtained by Water- Based Sol-Gel Method”, Electroceramics XI, 

Manchester, UK, 31st august-4th September 2008, COST539 Action 

158. V.Fruth, E.Volceanov, C.Andronescu, I.Atkinson, R. Ruffo, C. M. Mari, Z. Dohcevic-Mitrovic, 

“Preparation and Characterization of Lanthanum Gallate (LSGM) Electrolytes in Activated 

Microwave Field” Electroceramics XI, Manchester, UK, 31st august-4th September 2008, COST539 

Action 

159. N. Pavlović, V. Koval, J. Dusza, V.V. Srdić, “Ce and La Modified Bismuth Titanate Ceramics”, XI 

Electroceramics Conference, Manchester, England, August 2008 

160. I. Stijepović, A.J. Darbandi, H. Hahn, V.V. Srdić “Conductivity of doped LaGaO3 prepared by 

citrate sol-gel method”, XI Electroceramics Conference, Manchester, England, August 2008 

161. M. Maletin, V.V. Srdic, P. Vilarinho, L. Nikolic, “Obtaining of doped one dimension titanate-based 

structures”, XI Electroceramics Conference, Manchester, England, August 2008 

162. I. Stijepovicc, M. Maletin, P. Vilarinho, L. Nikolic, “Preparation and photocatalytic properties of 

titania-based 1D structures”, YUCOMAT, Herceg Novi, Monte Negro, September 2008 

163. V.V. Srdic, M. Winterer, “Synthesis of nanocrystalline oxide powders: Comparison of wet-chemical 

and chemical vapour synthesis techniques”, 4 th Workshop COST 539, Fabrication, Properties and 

Applications of Electroceramic Nanostructures, Genoa, June 2008 

164. M. Maletin, V.V. Srdić, S. Rakić, Z. Cvejić, E.G. Moshopoulou, “The influence of indium doping on 

magnetic and electrical properties of zinc ferrite nanoparticles”, 4 th Workshop COST 539, 

Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Electroceramic Nanostructures, Genoa, June 2008 

ii) Related Publications 

2006-2007 

1. V. Kassabova-Zhetcheva, L. Pavlova, B. Samuneva, Z. Cherkezova-Zheleva, I. Mitov, M. Mikhov, 

“Characterization of superparamagnetic MgxZn1−xFe2O4 powders”, Central European Journal of 

Chemistry, 5, 1 (2006) 107-117. 

2. L. Radev, B. Samuneva, L. Pavlova, “Synthesis and structure of cordierite and tialite via sol-gel 

route”, Scientific Works of Bulgarian Rousse University, 45, 6 (2006) 113-117. 

3. T. Hungría, M. Algueró, A. Castro “Synthesis of nanosized (1-x)NaNbO3:xSrTiO3 solid solution by 

mechanochemical activation, processing of ceramics, and phase transitions”, Chem. Mater., 18 

(2006) 5370-5376. 

4. T. Hungría, M. Algueró, A. Castro, “Grain growth control in NaNbO3-SrTiO3 ceramics by 

mechanosynthesis and spark plasma sintering”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 90, 7 (2007) 2122-2127(6) 

5. A.Z. Simoes, M. Ramirez, B.D. Stojanovic, E. Longo, J.A. Varela, “The effect of microwave 

annealing on the electrical characteristics of lanthanum doped bismuth titanate films obtained by the 

polymeric precursor method”, Applied Surface Sci., 252, 24 (2006) 8471-8475. 

6. A.Z. Simoes, C.Quinelato, A. Ries, B.D. Stojanovic, E. Longo, J.A. Varela, “Preparation of 

lanthanum doped Bi4Ti3O12 ceramics by the polymeric precursor method”, Mater. Chem. Phys., 98, 

2-3, (2006) 481-485 

7. Z. Simoes, M.A. Ramirez, B.D. Stojanovic, Z. Marinkovic, E.Longo, J.A. Varela, “Ferroelectric 

properties and leakage current characterisrics of Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 thin films prepared by the 

polymeric precursos method”, Materials Science Forum, 514-516 (2006) 212-214 

8. Z.V. Marinkovic Stanojevic, N. Romcevic, B.D. Stojanovic, “Spectroscopic study of spinel ZnCr2O4 

obtained from mechanically activated ZnO-Cr2O3 mixtures”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27 [2-3] (2007) 

903-907. 

9. B.D. Stojanovic, C.O. Paiva-Santos, C. Jovalekic, A.Z Simoes, F.M. Filho, Z. Lazarevic, J.A. 

Varela, "Mechanically activating formation of layerd structured bismuth titanate", Mater. Chem. 

Phys., 96 (2006) 471-476. 

10. B.D. Stojanovic, A.Z. Simoes, C.O. Paiva-Santos, C. Quinelato, E. Longo, J.A.Varela, “Effect of 

processing route on the phase formation and properties of Bi4Ti3O12”, Ceram. Inter., 32, 6 (2006) 

707-712. 

11. T. Rojac, M. Kosec, B, Malič, J. Holc, “The application of a milling map in the mechanochemical 

synthesis of ceramic oxides”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 26 (2006) 3711-3716.

12. T. Rojac, M. Kosec, P. Segedin, B, Malič, J. Holc, “The formation of a carbonato complex during 

the mechanochemical treatment of a Na2CO3-Nb2O5 mixture”, Solid State Ionics, 177 (2006) 2987- 

2995. 

13. O. Milosevic, L. Mancic, M.E. Rabanal, L. Gomez, J.M. Torralba, “Nanoscale particle processing 

through aerosol routes’, Ceram. Transaction, 198, 2007, 347-352 

14. L.S. Gómez, M.E. Rabanal, J.M. Torralba, L. Mancic, O. Milosevic, “Structural and morphological 

study of nanoceramics prepared by spray pyrolysis”, Ceram. Transaction, 198 (2007) 193-197 

15. M.L. Fontaine, Y. Larring, J.B. Smith, H. Raeder, Ø.S. Andersen, M.-A. Einarsrud, K. Wiik, R. 

Bredesen, “Shaping of advanced asymmetric structures of proton conducting ceramic materials for 

SOFC and membrane-based process applications”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., In Press, Corrected Proof, 

Available online 6 September 2008 

16. S. Svarcova, K. Wiik, J. Tolchard, H.J. M. Bouwmeester, T. Grande, “Structural instability of cubic 

perovskite Ba1-xSrxCo1-yFeyO3-�”, J. Phys. Chem. B (2008) in press 

17. M.L. Fontaine, Y. Larring, J.B. Smith, H. Raeder, Ø.S. Andersen, M.-A. Einarsrud, K. Wiik, R. 

Bredesen, “Shaping of advanced asymmetric structures of proton conducting ceramic materials for 

SOFC and membrane-based process applications”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., (2006) In Press, Corrected 

Proof, Available online 6 September 2008 

18. Y. Wang, O. Milosevic, L.Gomez, M.E. Rabanal, J.M. Torralba, B. Yang, P.D. Townsend, 

“Thermoluminescence responses from europium doped gadolinium oxide”, J. Phys.: Condensed 

Matter, 18 (2006) 9257-9272 

19. L. Mancic, G. del Rosario, Z. Marinkovic, O. Milosevic, “Detailed structural characterization of 

phosphor YAG:Ce particles obtained via spray pyrolysis”, Mater. Sci. Forum, 518 (2006) 107-112. 

20. Lj. Kandic, K. Marinkovic, L. Mancic, G. del Rosario, O. Milosevic, “The low temperature aerosol 

synthesis of YAG:Ce 3+ nanostructures: Comparative study of the XRPD micro structural 

parameters”, Mater. Sci. Forum, 555 (2007) 395-400. 

21. M.E. Rabanal, L.S Gómez, A. Khalifa, J.M. Torralba, L. Mancic, O. Milosevic, “Structural 

properties of europia-doped-gadolinia synthesized through aerosol”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 

(2007) 4325-4328 

22. L. Mančić, G. Del Rosario, Z.V. Marinković Stanojevic, O. Milošević, “Phase evolution in Cedoped 

yttrium-aluminum-based particles derived from aerosol”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 

(2007) 4325-4328 

23. M.E. Rabanal, L. Gómez, A. Khalifa, L. Mancic, O. Milosevic, J.M. Torralba, “Gd2O3:Eu system: 

structural study of the influence of luminescence center concentration”, Mat.Sci.Forum, 534-536 

(2007) 1393-1396 

24. I. Truijen, "Influence of synthesis parameters on morphology and phase composition of porous 

titania layers prepared via water based chemical solution deposition" J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 16 

(2007) 193-197 

25. E. Geuzens, S. Mullens, J. Cooymans, J. Luyten, F. Lemoisson, K.Y. Sastry, L. Froyen, J. D’Haen, 

M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. Mullens, “Synthesis and mechanical and tribological 

characterization of alumina-yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) nanocomposites with YSZ synthesized 

by means of an aqueous solution-gel method or a hydrothermal route”, Ceram. Inter., 34, 5 (2007) 

1315-1325 

26. N. Lepot, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. D’Haen, R. Peeters, D. Franco, J. Mullens “Synthesis 

of ZnO nanorods from aqueous solution”, Mater. Letters, 61, 13 (2007) 2624-2627. 

27. A. Hardy, G. Vanhoyland, D. Vangenechten, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. Mullens, J. 

D’Haen, L. Goux, D.J. Wouters, “Effect of La 3+ content on the properties of ferroelectric BLT thin 

films prepared by aqueous chemical solution deposition”, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technology, 42, 3 (2007) 

239-245(7) 

28. J. Beusen, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. D’Haen, J. Mullens, “Preparation of a porous 

nanocrystalline TiO2 layer by deposition of hydrothermally synthesized nanoparticles” J. Eur. 

Ceram. Soc., 27, 16 (2007) 4529-4535 

29. H. Van den Rul, M.K. Van Bael, A. Hardy, K. Van Werde, J. Mullens, “Aqueous solution-based 

synthesis of nanostructured metal oxides”, Chapter in forthcoming ‘Handbook of nanoceramics and 

their based nanodevices’, Eds. T.Y. Tseng en H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, (2007) 

30. I. Bretos, R. Jimenez, M.L. Calzada, M.K. Van Bael, A. Hardy, D. Van Genechten, J. Mullens, 

“Entirely aqueous solution-gel route for the preparation of (Pb1-xCax)TiO3 thin films”, Chem. Mater., 

18, 26 (2006) 6448-6456.

31. K. Elen, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. D'Haen, J. Mullens, “Additive-free hydrothermal 

synthesis of high aspect ratio ZnO particles from aqueous solution”, Chem. Letters, 35 [12] (2006) 

1420-1421. 

32. E. Geuzens, G. Vanhoyland, J. D'Haen, S. Mullens, J. Luyten, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. 

Mullens, “Synthesis of zirconia-alumina and alumina-zirconia core-shell particles via a 

heterocoagulation mechanism”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 26, 15 (2006) 3133-3138. 

33. N. Lepot, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, R. Peeters, J. Mullens, D. Franco, “Nanoparticles of 

gamma-Al2O3 as perspective fillers of thermoplastic polymers improving their barrier properties”, 

Polimery, 51, 9 (2006) 662-664. 

34. D. Nelis, J.M. Calderon-Moreno, M. Popa, M.K. van Bael, J. Mullens, L.C. van Poucke, “Formation 

and micro-Raman spectroscopic study of Aurivilius and fluorite-type SrBi2Nb2O9 nanocrystallites 

obtained using an 'amorphous citrate' route”. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 26, 4-5 (2006) 409-415. 

35. H. Van den Rul, D. Mondelaers, M.K. Van Bael, J. Mullens, “Water-based wet chemical synthesis 

of (doped) ZnO nanostructures”, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technology, 39, 1 (2006) 41-47. 

36. A.Y. Wu, D. Van Genechten, P.M. Vilarinho, M.K. Van Bael, “Synthesis and dispersion of PZT 

ultra-fine powders”, Advanced Mater. Forum, 514-516 [1-2] (2006) 179-183. 

37. I. Truijen, M.K. Van Bael, H. Van den Rul, J. D'Haen, J. Mullens, “Synthesis of thin dense titania 

films via an aqueous solution-gel method”. J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technology, 41, 1 (2007) 43-48. 

38. S. Van Elshocht, A. Hardy, T. Witters, C. Adelmann, M. Caymax, T. Conard, S. De Gendt, A. 

Franquet, O. Richard, M.K. Van Bael, J. Mullens, M. Heyns, “Aqueous chemical solution deposition 

- Fast screening method for alternative high-k materials applied to Nd2O3”, Electrochem. Solid State 

Letters, 10, 4 (2007) G15-G17. 

39. K. Van Werde, G. Vanhoyland, D. Mondelaers, H. Den Rul, M.K. Van Bael, J. Mullens, L.C. Van 

Poucke, “The aqueous solution-gel synthesis of perovskite Pb(Zr1-x,Tix)O3 (PZT)”. J. Mater. Sci., 42, 

2 (2007) 624-632 

40. V. Fruth, L. Mitoseriu, D. Berger, A. Ianculescu, C. Matei, S. Preda, M. Zaharescu, “Preparation and 

characterization of BiFeO3 ceramic”, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 35, 2-4 (2007) 193-202 

41. L. Predoana, A. Barau, M. Zaharescu, H. Vassilchina, N. Velinova, B. Banov, A. Momchilov, 

“Electrochemical properties of the LiCoO2 powder obtained by sol–gel method”, J. Eur. Ceram.Soc., 

27 (2007)1137–1142. 

42. L. Predoana, B. Malic, M. Kosec, M. Carata, M. Caldararu, M. Zaharescu, “Characterization of 

LaCoO3 powders obtained by water-based sol–gel method with citric acid”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 

13-15 (2007) 4407-4411 

43. V. Fruth, S. Preda, C. Hornoiu, G. Dobrescu, A. Ianculescu, C. Andronescu, M. Popa, “Structural 

and electrochemical features of Bi2O3 - based fast oxide ion conductors”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 

13-15 (2007) 4421-4424 

44. M. Maletin, E.G. Moshopoulou, A.G. Kontos, E. Devlin, A. Delimitis, V.T. Zaspalis, L. Nalbandian, 

V.V. Srdić, “Synthesis and structural characterization of In-doped ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles”, J. Euro. 

Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 4391-4394 

45. R.R. Djenadić, Lj.M. Nikolić, K.P. Giannakopulos, B. Stojanović, V.V. Srdić, “One-dimensional 

titanate nanostructures: Synthesis and characterization”, J. Euro. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 

4339-4343 

46. M. Maletin, E.G. Moshopoulou, S. Jankov, S. Rakic, V.V. Srdić, “The effect of yttrium and indium 

doping on the structure and electrical properties of zinc-ferrite nanoparticles”, Solid State 

Phenomena, 128 (2007) 101-105. 

47. V.R. Calderone, A. Testino, M. Buscaglia, M. Bassoli, C. Bottino, M. Viviani, V. Buscaglia, P. 

Nanni, “Size and shape control of SrTiO3 particles grown by epitaxial self-assembly”, Chem. Mater., 

18 (2006) 1627-1633. 

48. M.T. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, Z. Zhao, V. Buscaglia, P. Nanni, “Synthesis of BaTiO3 core-shell 

particles and fabrication of dielectric ceramics with local graded structure”, Chem. Mater., 18 (2006) 

4002-4010. 

49. A. Testino, L. Mitoseriu, V. Buscaglia, M.T. Buscaglia, I. Pallecchi, A.S. Albuquerque, V. Calzona, 

D. Marré, A.S. Siri, P. Nanni, “Preparation of multiferroic composites of BaTiO3- Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 

ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 26 (2006) 3031-3036. 

50. L. Mitoseriu, V. Buscaglia, “Intrinsic/extrinsic interplay contributions to the functional properties of 

ferroelectric-magnetic composites”, Phase Transit., 79 (2006) 1095-1121. 

51. I. Szafraniak, M. Połomska, B. Hilczer, E. Talik, L. Kępiński, “Characterization of PbTiO3 

nanopowders obtained by room temperature synthesis”, Ferroelectrics, 336 (2006) 279-287.

52. I. Szafraniak, M. Połomska, B. Hilczer, “XRD, TEM and Raman scattering studies of PbTiO3 

nanopowders”, Cryst. Res. Technol., 41 (2006) 576-579. 

53. I. Szafraniak, M. Połomska, B. Hilczer, A. Pietraszko, L. Kępiński, “Characterization of BiFeO3 

nanopowders obtained by mechanochemical synthesis”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 4399- 

4402 

54. J. Kułek, I. Szafraniak, B. Hilczer, M. Połomska, “Dielectric and pyroelectric response of PVDF 

loaded with BaTiO3 obtained by mechanosynthesis”, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 353, 47-51 (2007) 

4448-4482 

55. J. Kułek, I. Szafraniak, B. Hilczer, M. Połomska, Dielectric and pyroelectric response of PVDF 

loaded with BaTiO3 obtained by mechanosynthesis, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 353, 47-51, 1 

(2007) 4448-4452 

56. V. Železný, D. Chvostová, I. Szafraniak, M. Alexe, D. Hesse, Characterization of PZT 

nanostructures by infrared spectroscopy, J. Eur. Cer. Soc, 27, 13-15 (2007) 4321-4323 

57. V. Koval, M.J. Reece, A.J. Bushby, “Enhanced ferroelectric loop asymmetry of lead zirconate 

titanate thin films under nanoindentation”, J. Appl. Physics, 101 (2007) art. n. 024113 

58. V. Koval, J. Dusza, A.J. Bushby, M.J. Reece, “Local switching behavior and electrical polarization 

of ferroelectric thin films under nanoindentation”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 4403-4406 

59. K. Maca, J. Cihlar, K. Castkova, O. Zmeskal, H. Hadraba, “Sintering of gadolinia-doped ceria 

prepared by mechanochemical synthesis”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 4345-4348 

60. K. Maca, L. Mitoşeriu, C. Harnagea, V. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, “Two-step sintering of oxide 

ceramics”, Integrated Ferroelectrics, (2007) submitted 

61. L. Mitoşeriu, C. Harnagea, V. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, M.T. Buscaglia, I. Pallecchi, A. Testino, P. 

Nanni, A.S. Siri, “BaTiO3-(Ni0.5Zn0.5)Fe2O4 ceramic composites with ferroelectric and magnetic 

properties”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 4379-4382 

62. C. Harnagea, L. Mitoşeriu, V. Buscaglia, I. Pallecchi, P. Nanni, “Magnetic and ferroelectric domain 

structures in BaTiO3-(Ni0.5Zn0.5)Fe2O4 multiferroic ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 

3947-3950 

63. L. Mitoşeriu, L. Stoleriu, D. Piazza, V. Buscaglia, C.E. Ciomaga, A. Stancu, C. Galassi, P. Nanni, 

“Hysteresis and tunability characteristics of Ba(ZrTi)O3 ceramics described by First Order Reversal 

Curves diagrams”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 3723-3726 

64. A. Ianculescu, D. Berger, C.E. Ciomaga, D. Piazza, C. Galassi, L. Mitoşeriu, “Compositiondependent 

ferroelectric properties of Ba(1-x)SrxTiO3 ceramics described by First Order Reversal 

Curves diagrams”, Phase Transitions, 79 (2006) 375–388. 

65. C.E. Ciomaga, M.T. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, V. Buscaglia, L. Mitoşeriu, A. Stancu, P. Nanni, 

“Preparation and dielectric properties of BaZr0.1Ti0.9O3 ceramics with different grain sizes”, Phase 

Transitions, 79 (2006) 389–397. 

66. A. Ianculescu, S. Guillemet-Fritsch, B. Durand, D. Berger, M. Crişan, “BaTiO3 nanopowders and 

nanocrystalline ceramics: I Nanopowders”, Book chapter in: "New Developments in Advanced 

Functional Ceramics” pp. 89-117, 2007. Ed: L. Mitoseriu. ISBN: 81-7895-248-3. 

67. L. Mitoşeriu, V. Buscaglia, M.T. Buscaglia, M. Viviani, P. Nanni, “BaTiO3 nanopowders and 

nanocrystalline ceramics: II Ceramics”, Book chapter in: "New Developments in Advanced 

Functional Ceramics” pp. 118-143, 2007. Ed: L. Mitoseriu. ISBN: 81-7895-248-3. 

68. A. Ianculescu, A. Brăileanu, M. Viviani, L. Mitoşeriu, “Dielectric properties of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 

and (Pb1–x Lax)(Mg(1+x)/3Nb(2–x)/3O3 ceramics prepared by columbite route”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 

13-15 (2007) 4375-4378 

69. A. Ianculescu, D. Berger, M. Viviani, C.E. Ciomaga, L. Mitoşeriu, E. Vasile, N. Drăgan, M. Crişan, 

“Investigation of Ba(1-x)SrxTiO3 ceramics elaborated from powders synthesized by combustion of 

(Ba,Sr,Ti)-polymeric precursors”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27, 13-15 (2007) 3655-3658 

70. A.Z. Simoes, M.A. Ramirez, B.D. Stojanovic, E. Longo, J.A. Varela, "The effect of microwave 

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222. J. Tellier, B. Malic, B. Dkhil, D. Jenko, J. Cilensek, M. Kosec "Crystal structure and phase 

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223. Barbara Malic, Iulian Boerasu, Mira Mandeljc, Marija Kosec, Vladimir Sherman, Tomoaki Yamada, 

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225. T. Rojac, O. Masson, R. Guinebretière, M. Kosec, B. Malič, J. Holc, "A study of the 

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226. Luminita Predoana, Barbara Malic, Marija Kosec, Mariana Carata, Monica Caldararu, Maria 

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227. Fabien Rémondière, Barbara Malič, Marija Kosec, Jean-Pierre Mercurio "Synthesis and 

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228. Danjela Kuščer, Miha Skalar, Janez Holc, Marija Kosec "Processing and properties of 

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229. Harvey Amorín, Jesús Ricote, Janez Holc, Marija Kosec, Miguel Algueró, "Homogeneous 

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230. M. Lam, E. Le Clézio, H. Amorín, M. Algueró, Janez Holc, Marija Kosec, A.C. Hladky-Hennion, G. 

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231. Vid Bobnar, Marko Hrovat, Janez Holc, Marija Kosec, "All-ceramic lead-free percolative composite 

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232. Hana Uršič, Marko Hrovat, Janez Holc, Marina Santo Zarnik, Silvo Drnovšek, Srečo Maček, Marija 

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233. Danjela Kuščer, Marija Kosec, Janez Holc, "Correlation between sintering conditions and water 

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234. H. Amorín, J. Ricote, R. Jiménez, J. Holc, M. Kosec, M. Algueró, "Submicron and nanostructured 

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235. Danjela Kuscer, Janez Kovač, Marija Kosec, Ronn Andriesen, "The effect of the valence state of 

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236. Barbara Malic, Janez Bernard, Andreja Bencan, Marija Kosec, "Influence of zirconia addition on the 

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237. Hana Uršič, Marko Hrovat, Darko Belavič, Jena Cilenšek, Silvo Drnovšek, Janez Holc, Marina 

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238. John G. Fisher, Andreja Benčan, Janez Holc, Marija Kosec, Sophie Vernay, Daniel Rytza "Growth 

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239. S. Mankoč, P. Hostnik, J. Grom, I. Toplak, I. Klobučar, M. Kosec, D. Barlič-Magan "Comparison of 

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240. M. Paschoalino, N.C. Guedes, W. Jardim, E. Mielczarski, J.A. Mielczarski, P. Bowen, J. Kiwi, 

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241. U. Aschauer, F. Jones, W.R. Richmond, P. Bowen, A.L. Rohl, G.M. Parkinson, H. Hofmann 

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242. Yves F. Houst, Paul Bowen, François Perche, Annika Kauppi, Pascal Borget, Laurent Galmiche, 

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243. Thierry Drezen, Nam-Hee Kwon, Paul Bowen, Ivo Teerlinck, Motoshi Isono, Ivan Exnar, "Effect of 

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244. Alberto Moure, Miguel Algueró, Lorena Pardo, Erling Ringgaard, Annette F. Pedersen, 

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245. M.I. Martín, M.E. Rabanal, L.S. Gómez, J.M. Torralba, O. Milosevic, "Microstructural and 

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246. B.A. Marinkovic, L. Mancic, P.M. Jardim, O. Milosevic, F. Rizzo, "Hydrothermal synthesis of 

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247. Ákos Kukovecz, Rita Smajda, Mariann Őze, Henrik Haspel, Zoltán Kónya, Imre Kiricsi, 

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248. Ákos Kukovecz, Rita Smajda, Zoltán Kónya, Imre Kiricsi, Controlling the pore diameter distribution 

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249. Viktor I. Petrenko, Mikhail V. Avdeev, László Almásy, Leonid A. Bulavin, Victor L. Aksenov, 

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250. Itzik Shturman, Gennady E. Shter, Aleksey Etin, Gideon S. Grader, Effect of LaNiO3 electrodes and 

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251. Ricardas Sobiestianskas, Juras Banys, Jonas Grigas, Antoni Pawłowski, Conductivity properties of 

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252. Povilas Keburis, Juras Banys, Jonas Grigas, Algirdas Brilingas, Tadas Burtilius, Andrei N. Salak, 

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253. Silvie Švarcová, Kjell Wiik, Julian Tolchard, Henny J.M. Bouwmeester, Tor Grande, Structural 

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254. Ivar Wærnhus, Natsuko Sakai, Harumi Yokokawa, Tor Grande, Mari-Ann Einarsrud, Kjell Wiik, 

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255. Annamária Duszová, Ján Dusza, Karel Tomášek, Jerzy Morgiel, Gurdial Blugan, Jakob Kuebler, 

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258. Valentin V. Laguta, Alla M. Slipenyuk, Maya D. Glinchuk, Igor P. Bykov, Yurij Zorenko, Martin 

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259. Valentin V. Laguta, Alla M. Slipenyuk, Maya D. Glinchuk, Martin Nikl, Jan Rosa, Anna Vedda, 

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260. M.T. Buscaglia, M. Bossoli, V. Buscaglia, V. Reinhard: “Solid-state synthesis of nanocrystalline 

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262. M. Bassoli, M.T. Buscaglia, C. Bottino, V. Buscaglia, M. Molinari, F. Maglia, G. Parravicini, 

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263. M. Viviani, J. Barrel, M.T. Buscaglia, V. Buscaglia, M. Vardavoulias, E. Stytsenko: “Properties of 

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264. M. Algueró, T. Hungría, H. Amorín, J. Ricote, J. Galy, A.Castro: “Relaxor behaviour, polarisation 

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266. H. Bruncková, L. Medvecký, J. Mihalik, J. Ďurišin: “Influence of Tartaric Acid in Nb-Complex on 

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267. H. Bruncková, L. Medvecký, J. Mihalik: “Effect of Sintering Conditions on the Pyrochlore Phase 

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