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Ferroelectrics<br />

For this class of materials, typified by BaTiO3 , attention is focussed on the process of<br />

ageing, i.e. the gradual change of materials properties with time, isothermal conditions and<br />

absence of external mechanical loads implied. This process manifests itself in alterations<br />

of static and, respectively, kinetic characteristics such as the clamping pressure exerted on<br />

the walls of ferroelectric domains and the asymmetry of the electrical conductivity<br />

regarding current flow parallel or antiparallel to the direction of the spontaneous<br />

polarization; phenomena, which may be explained in terms of migration of charged point<br />

defects <strong>und</strong>er the influence of internal or external electric fields. Preliminary results<br />

obtained with a drift-diffusion approach suggest that the experimentally observed drastic<br />

rise of the clamping pressure with time is indeed controlled by a mechanism of this kind.<br />

The theories <strong>und</strong>erlying these investigations range from microscopic to macroscopic; their<br />

realizations employ analytical as well as computational techniques.<br />

Staff Members<br />

Head H.E. The Hon. Prof. Dr. Dr.habil. Hermann Rauh,<br />

M.A., C.Phys., F.Inst.P., F.I.M., O.I.A.<br />

Research Associates Dr. Yuri A. Genenko, D.Sc.<br />

Dr. Sergey V. Yampolskii<br />

Postgraduate Dipl.-Phys. Frederik Neumann<br />

Secretary N.N.<br />

Visiting Scientists Dr. Alexei V. Golovchan<br />

Prof. Dr. Igor L. Lyubchanskii<br />

Dr. Galina I. Yampolskaya<br />

Research Projects<br />

Electrodynamics of Macroscopic Magnet/Superconductor Heterosystems (German<br />

Research Fo<strong>und</strong>ation (DFG), 2003-2006)<br />

Kinetic Modelling of the Charge Transfer in Organic Semiconductors and Ionic Conductors<br />

(Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) ”Electric Fatigue in Functional <strong>Material</strong>s”, 2003-<br />

2006, with Prof. Dr. H. v. Seggern, Darmstadt University of Technology)<br />

Publications<br />

Genenko, Y.A.; Rauh, H.; Novel superconductor/magnet resonant configurations:<br />

Exact analytic representations of the Meissner state and the critical state, J. Phys.: Conf.<br />

Ser. 43 (2006) 568.<br />

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