The present volume provides a state of the art account of the research being carried out in India in the field of advanced materials, especially ferroelectrics, multiferroics, electro
ceramics, polar dielectrics, nano phases and nano structures, nano composites, based on these materials as well as thin films. A number of new processing techniques, characterization tools and applications in the areas of microwave dielectrics, memory devices, sensors & actuators, photonics and nanotechnology are described. The volume is especially useful for those pursuing research in the field of material science, polymer chemistry, nanotechnology and condensed matter physics.