George A. Rossetti

Associate Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering


Education

  • PDF Solid State Chemistry, Princeton University
  • PhD Solid State Science, The Pennsylvania State University
  • MS Materials Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • BS Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Research Focus

  • Ferroelectrics and related materials
  • Dielectric and piezoelectric ceramics
  • Materials for sensors and actuators
  • Energy transduction, harvesting and storage

Publications

N. Novak, F. Weyland and G. A. Rossetti, Jr., “Electrocaloric properties and caloric figure of merit in the ferroelectric solid solution BaZrO3–BaTiO3 (BZT),” J. Eur. Ceram. Soc41, 1280–1287 (2021).

R. Batra, H. D. Tran, B. Johnson, B. Zoellner, P. A. Maggard, J. L. Jones, G. A. Rossetti, Jr., and R. Ramprasad, “Search for Ferroelectric Binary Oxides: Chemical and Structural Space Exploration Guided by Group Theory and Computations,” Chem. Mater. 32, 3823−3832 (2020).

K. C. Pitike, N. Khakpash, J. Mangeri, G. A. Rossetti Jr., and S. M. Nakhmanson “Landau-Devonshire thermodynamic potentials for perovskite ferroelectrics from first principles,” J. Mater. Sci. 54, 8381-8400 (2019).

D. Damjanovic and G. A. Rossetti, Jr., “Mechanisms of strain generation and energy conversion in lead-based and lead-free piezoceramics,” MRS Bull., 43, 588-594 (2018).

F. Weyland, R. Pérez-Moyet, G. A. Rossetti, Jr. and N. Novak, “Material measures of electrocaloric cooling power in perovskite ferroelectrics,” Energy Technology, 6, 1512-1518 (2018).

F. Weyland, T. Eisele, S. Steiner, T. Frömling, G. A. Rossetti, Jr., J. Rödel and N. Novak, “Long term stability of electrocaloric response in barium zirconate titanate,” J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 38, 551-556 (2018).

M. Acosta, N. Novak, V. Rojas, S. Patel, R. Vaish, J. Koruza, G. A. Rossetti, Jr. and J. Rödel, “BaTiO3-based piezoelectrics: fundamentals, current status, and perspectives,” Appl. Phys. Rev. 4, 041305, 1-53, (2017).

R. Batra, T. D. Huan, G. A. Rossetti, Jr. and R.  Ramprasad, “Dopants promoting ferroelectricity in hafnia: insights from a comprehensive chemical space exploration,” Chem. Mater. 29, 9102-9109 (2017).

H. Schader, G. A. Rossetti Jr., J. Luo and K.G. Webber, “Piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of <001>CPb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3single crystals under combined thermal and mechanical loading,” Acta Materialia126, 174-181 (2017).

H. Schader, N. Khakpash, G. A. Rossetti Jr. and K.G. Webber, Phase transitions in BaTiO3under uniaxial compressive stress: Experiments and phenomenological analysis,”J. Appl. Phys121, 064109, 1-10 (2017).

Batra, T. D. Huan, J. L. Jones, G. A. Rossetti, Jr., and R. Ramprasad, “Factors favoring ferroelectricity in hafnia: A first-principles computational study,” J. Phys. ChemC121, 4139−4145 (2017).

Pérez-Moyet, J. Stace, A. Amin, P. Finkel and G. A. Rossetti, Jr., “Non-resonant electromechanical energy harvesting using inter-ferroelectric phase transitions,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 107, 172901, 1-5 (2015).

Acosta, N. Novak, G. A. Rossetti, Jr. and J. Rödel, “Mechanisms of electromechanical response in (1−x)Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 142906, 1-5 (2015).

George A. Rossetti, Jr.
Contact Information
Emailgeorge.rossetti_jr@uconn.edu
Phone860-486-2922
Mailing Address25 King Hill Road, Unit 3136, Storrs, CT 06269-3136
Office LocationScience 1 - MZ104
CampusStorrs