PhD Admission Topics
- Dielectrics – definitions, fundamental properties, classification, and applications
- The relationship between E, D, and P vectors. Electric field equations in the presence of a dielectric
- The piezoelectric effect – principles, constitutive equations, and applications
- Dielectric relaxation – concepts, mechanisms, and theoretical models
- Composite materials – definitions, fabrication methods, and properties
Bibliography
- Mitoșeriu, V. Țura, Physics of Dielectrics, Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Press, Iași, 1999
- Mitoșeriu, V. Țura, Electricity and Magnetism, Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Press, Iași, 2000
- Socaciu, Dielectrics and Applications, Pantheon Press, Craiova, 1994
- Bunget, M. Popescu, Physics of Solid Dielectrics, Scientific and Encyclopedic Press, Bucharest, 1978
- Jonsker, Dielectric Relaxation in Solids, Chelsea Dielectric Press, London, 1983
- Păpusoi, Magnetism, Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Press, Iași, 1987
- Burzo, Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Vol. I, II, III, Academy Press, Bucharest, 1979
- H. Choudhury, Electromagnetism, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989
- Hoterman & P. Groen, An Introduction to Piezoelectric Materials and Components, Stichting Applied Piezo, Netherlands
- Stojanovic, Magnetic, Ferroelectric, and Multiferroic Metal Oxides, Elsevier, 2018