Permittivity of Ferroelectric Nanoparticles in a Silicone Composite

Sandia National Laboratories Engineering, 2023–24

Liaison(s): Todd Monson (Sandia National Laboratory), Renee Van Ginhoven (Air Force Research Laboratory)
Advisor(s): Albert Dato
Students(s): Heather Fuentes (TL-S), Avery Pritchard (TL-F), Jessica Santosa,
Josiah Garan (S), Madi Gonzalez (S), Vanessa Bartling (F), Katrina Nelson (F)

The Sandia National Laboratories Clinic team is researching barium titanate, which is widely used in electronics for its ferroelectric properties. The team has created nanocomposites of barium titanate and silicone to measure how these properties change with particle size. In addition, the team has performed density functional theory simulations to understand how molecules bind to the surface of a barium titanate particle.