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Prof. Lorena Pardo (Madrid (ES), 1960. Female) ( Email)

Ph.D. in Physical Sciences by The “Universidad Complutense de Madrid”, 1987. Permanent Staff of CSIC . Tenure Scientist, from February 1989. Senior Researcher from May 2005. Research Professor from July 2008. Laboratories of Ferroelectric Materials - ICMM.

Brief CV

• More than 150 published papers in journals included in the SCI, and some 40 in IEEE catalogue volumes, NATO ARW, UK IOM and other Proceedings, on ferro-piezoelectric ceramics, composites, thick and thin films.
• Advisor of five Ph.D. Thesis.
• Director of the “Departamento de Materiales Ferroeléctricos-ICMM” (1994-1997; 2005).
• VicePresident of the Electroceramics Section of the Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass (1998-2002).
• Organizer of six National Meetings on Electroceramics (1991-2001) - President of the Organizing Committee in 1996 and 1999-, President of the Organizing Committee of COST514 and COST539 Workshops (Madrid, 1996 and 2009), President of the Proceedings Sub-Committee of the IMF-10 (2001) and Invited Editor of the Proceedings of IMF-10 (Sept. -2001) in “Ferroelectrics”, volumes 267-273.
• Member (1993-99) - Spanish Representative - and Chairperson (1996-99) of The Management Committee of the EC COST514 Action on Ferroelectric Ceramic Thin Films
• Member (2000-2005) - Spanish Representative - of The Management Committee of the EC COST528 Action on Chemical Solution Deposition of Thin Films.
• Member (2005-2009) - Spanish Representative - of The Management Committee of the EC COST539 Action on Electroceramics from Nanopowders Produced by Non-conventional Methods (ELENA). Co-responsible of Workpackage 3: Functional Characterisation of Electroceramics and Films.
• Member of the Steering Committee and Responsible of Workpackage 3: Projects Coordination, and Member of the Steering Committee of the "POLar ElectroCERamics (POLECER)" Thematic Network (contract G5RT-CT2001-05024). (2001-2007)
• Member of the Executive Board and Group Leader of the Spanish Partner in the Multifunctional and Integrated Piezoelectric Devices (MIND) Network of Excellence (2005-2010). At present CSIC contact person with the "Piezoinstitute Board of Directors"

Projects

Participant of more than 35 research projects, being project leader of 5 CE funded research projects with industrial participation, 1 industrial research contract, 1 project under COST514 action on "Ferroelectric Ceramic Thin Films", two bi-lateral cooperation activities (DK, FR), 5 special actions of the National Funding Agency, 1 project and 1 special action of the Madrid Regional Funding Agency (CAM). In particular, at European level, project leader of:

• "Ferroelectric Ceramic Thin Films for SAW Devices" (COST514)
• "Multilayer structures and thin films for actuator and microactuator applications" (ERBCIPA-CT94-0236)
• “Microfabrication with Ultra-Violet ASsisted Sol-Gel Technology (MUVAST)” (BRPR-CT98-0777)
• “Study of the coercive field dependence on the microstructure of PZ26 ceramics”(Contract with Ferroperm A/S (DK))
• “Estudio cuantitativo de la textura de cerámicas y láminas delgadas ferroeléctricas” CSIC-Université du maine Le Mans
• “Lead-Free piezoelectric ceramics based on alkaline niobate family (LEAF)” (G5RD-CT-2001-00431) 
• “High sensitivity novel Piezoceramics for aDvanced applications - textured, thick films and multilayer structures (PIRAMID)” (G5RD-CT-2001-00456).

Expertise

 On ferro-piezoceramics the main topics of research were: 

1) the application of the quantitative microscopy to the study of polycrystalline ferroelectric materials obtained by non-conventional processing routes (inorganic sol-gel, hydrothermal synthesis, mechanoactivation) and their microstructure-functional properties relationships determination^1,2  

2) the development of an iterative automatic method for electromechanical characterization from resonance³ of piezoceramics and application to wide range of piezoceramics characterization and processing studies(commercial lead titanate-zirconate (PZT) ceramics³, modified lead titanate compositions ((Ca,Sm, La)-mPT¹, alkaline niobates⁴, Bismuth Layered Structure Ferroelectrics (BLSF)⁵ and (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)_xBa_{1- x}TiO₃⁶) and study of the thermal evolution⁴ of their properties and their phase transitions⁷. 

The main activity on integrated ferroelectrics was the optimization of the multifunctionallity of lead titanate based thin films. Specific examples with focus on the pyro and piezoelectric functionalities are the study of these at nanoscale⁸, the the preparation of new materials, as the multicompositional heterostructures⁹ and the study of lead titanate nanostructures¹⁰.

Selected Papers

1. "Microstructure-properties relationships in Sm-modified lead titanate piezoceramics. Part I: Quantitative study of the microstructure". J.Ricote and L. Pardo.Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 44((3), 1155-1167 (1996).

2. "Enhanced properties for ultrasonic transduction, phase transitions and thermal depoling in 0.96(Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃-0.04BaTiO₃ submicron structured ceramic”.L. Pardo, A. García, K. Brebøl, E. Mercadelli and C. Galassi. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 44 ,335404 (2011).

3. “Properties of Ferro-Piezoelectric Ceramic Materials in the Linear Range: Determination from Impedance Measurements at Resonance”. L. Pardo and K. Brebøl. Chapter 13 in “Multifunctional Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Materials: Processing and Properties” Eds. L. Pardo and J. Ricote. Springer Series in Materials Science, Vol. 140. Springer, Londres (UK) (2011).

4. " Temperature behaviour of structural, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of sol-gel processed ceramics of the system LiNbO₃-NaNbO₃".L. Pardo, P.Duran-Martín, J.P. Mercurio, L. Nibou and B. Jimenez. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 58(9), 1335-1339(1997).

5. "(Bi₃TiNbO₉)_x(SrBi₂Nb₂O₉)_1-x Aurivillius type structure piezoelectric ceramics obtained from mechanochemically activated oxides". L. Pardo, A. Castro, P. Millán, C. Alemany, R. Jimenez and B. Jiménez. Acta Materialia 48(9), 2421-2428 (2000).

6. "Piezoelectric characterization of Lead-Free Ferroelectric Ceramics". L. Pardo, A. García, K. Brebøl, L. P. Curecheriu, L. Mitoseriu, E. Mercadelli and C. Galassi. Processing and Applications of Ceramics (2010)4(3), 199–207 (2010).

7. “Field-Induced Phase Transition and Relaxor Character in Submicron Structured Lead-Free (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)_0.94Ba_0.06TiO₃ Piezoceramics at the Morphotropic Phase Boundary.” L. Pardo, E. Mercadelli, A. García, K. Brebøl and C. Galassi. IEEE Trans. UFFC, 58(9), 1893-1904 (2011).

8. "Stress-induced suppression of piezoelectric properties in PbTiO₃:La films via Scanning Force Microscopy".A. L. Kholkin,V. V. Shvartsman, A. Yu. Emelyanov, R. Poyato, M.L. Calzada and L. Pardo.Applied Physics Letters 82(13), 2127-2129 (2003).

9. "Reduced Dielectric Dispersion on ferroelectric (Pb,La)TiO₃ /(Pb,Ca)TiO₃ Thin Film Multilayer Heterostructures owed to a mechanical stress relaxation mechanism".R.Poyato, M.L. Calzada and L. Pardo.Applied Physics Letters 84(21), 4161-4163 (2004).

10. "Influence of the substrate surface on the self-assembly of ferroelectric PbTiO₃ nanostructures obtained by microemulsion assisted Chemical Solution Deposition". M. Torres, M. Alonso, M.L. Calzada and L. Pardo. Ferroelectrics 390(1), 122-129 (2009).

Main page

Updated May 2012

Background: coloured image of SEM of the microstructure of a (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃-BaTiO₃ ceramic obtained by hot-pressing and recrystallization (A. García, J.L. Millán and L.Pardo. ICMM-CSIC(ES)-E. Mercadelli and C. Galassi ISTEC-CNR (IT)).