Dragan Damjanovic

Damjanovic received a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in physics from the University of Sarajevo in 1980.[1] He then joined L. Eric Cross at Pennsylvania State University for a Ph.D. In 1987, he graduated with a thesis in ceramics science titled: "Highly anisotropic electromechanical properties in modified lead titanate ceramics." The Philips Fellowship funded his research.[3] He continued as a research associate at Pennsylvania State University's Materials Research Laboratory. He mainly worked on the pyroelectric properties of synthetic polypeptides, piezoelectric composites for underwater applications, and thermo-optical imagers. In 1991, he joined EPFL's Ceramics Laboratory at the Institute of Materials. Until 2022, he led the Group on Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides as a professor at EPFL. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses on structure, defects, and electrical properties of materials[2]

Damjanovic investigated physical processes at different driving fields over a wide range of spatial (atomic to macroscopic device size) and time (mHz to GHz) scales.[4][5] He also studied how those processes affect the macroscopic behavior of ceramics, polymers, single crystals, and thin layers.[6][7] His current research focuses on oxide perovskites, organometallic lead halide perovskites, and oxides with fluorite structures.[8]

Damjanovic is an IEEE Fellow,[9] a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society,[1] and since 2022 the President-elect of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Frequency Control and Ferroelectrics Society (UFFC-S).[9]

He is the recipient of the 2021 Humboldt Research Award,[10] the 2020 Distinguished Service Award of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society,[11] the 2018 IEEE Robert E. Newnham Ferroelectrics Award,[12] the 2017 International Award of the Japanese conference on Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications,[1] the 2009 Rodolphe and René Haenny Award,[13] and the 2009 Ferroelectrics Recognition Award of the IEEE UFFC-S.[14]  He was distinguished lecturer for the IEEE UFFC-S in 2010/2011.[15]

• Rödel, Jürgen; Jo, Wook; Seifert, Klaus T. P.; Anton, Eva-Maria; Granzow, Torsten; Damjanovic, Dragan (June 2009). "Perspective on the Development of Lead-free Piezoceramics". Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 92 (6): 1153–1177. doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03061.x. ISSN 0002-7820.
• Damjanovic, Dragan (1998-09-01). "Ferroelectric, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric thin films and ceramics". Reports on Progress in Physics. 61 (9): 1267–1324. Bibcode:1998RPPh...61.1267D. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/61/9/002. ISSN 0034-4885. S2CID 250873563.
• Setter, N.; Damjanovic, D.; Eng, L.; Fox, G.; Gevorgian, S.; Hong, S.; Kingon, A.; Kohlstedt, H.; Park, N. Y.; Stephenson, G. B.; Stolitchnov, I. (September 2006). "Ferroelectric thin films: Review of materials, properties, and applications". Journal of Applied Physics. 100 (5): 051606–051606–46. Bibcode:2006JAP...100e1606S. doi:10.1063/1.2336999. ISSN 0021-8979.
• Hollenstein, Evelyn; Davis, Matthew; Damjanovic, Dragan; Setter, Nava (2005-10-31). "Piezoelectric properties of Li- and Ta-modified (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 ceramics". Applied Physics Letters. 87 (18): 182905. Bibcode:2005ApPhL..87r2905H. doi:10.1063/1.2123387. ISSN 0003-6951.
• Rödel, Jürgen; Webber, Kyle G.; Dittmer, Robert; Jo, Wook; Kimura, Masahiko; Damjanovic, Dragan (June 2015). "Transferring lead-free piezoelectric ceramics into application". Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 35 (6): 1659–1681. doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.12.013. ISSN 0955-2219. S2CID 135725720.
• Maeder, M. Demartin; Damjanovic, D.; Setter, N. (July 2004). "Lead Free Piezoelectric Materials". Journal of Electroceramics. 13 (1–3): 385–392. doi:10.1007/s10832-004-5130-y. ISSN 1385-3449. S2CID 137159274.
• Damjanovic, Dragan (October 2005). "Contributions to the Piezoelectric Effect in Ferroelectric Single Crystals and Ceramics". Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 88 (10): 2663–2676. doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00671.x. ISSN 0002-7820. S2CID 136613319.
• Jo, Wook; Granzow, Torsten; Aulbach, Emil; Rödel, Jürgen; Damjanovic, Dragan (May 2009). "Origin of the large strain response in (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-modified (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3–BaTiO3 lead-free piezoceramics". Journal of Applied Physics. 105 (9): 094102–094102–5. Bibcode:2009JAP...105i4102J. doi:10.1063/1.3121203. ISSN 0021-8979. S2CID 119594768.
• Damjanovic, Dragan (2010-08-09). "A morphotropic phase boundary system based on polarization rotation and polarization extension". Applied Physics Letters. 97 (6): 062906. arXiv:1007.4394. Bibcode:2010ApPhL..97f2906D. doi:10.1063/1.3479479. ISSN 0003-6951. S2CID 118494420.
• Damjanovic, Dragan (1997-08-15). "Stress and frequency dependence of the direct piezoelectric effect in ferroelectric ceramics". Journal of Applied Physics. 82 (4): 1788–1797. Bibcode:1997JAP....82.1788D. doi:10.1063/1.365981. ISSN 0021-8979.

• Dragan Damjanovic publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Website of the Group for Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides