摘要
In Latin-America,there is an interdisciplinary community of physicists,chemists,material scientists and engineers working with functional materials(dielectrics,piezoelectrics,pyroelectrics,ferroelectrics,antiferroelectrics,magnetics,multiferroics).The researches are related to processing techniques of bulk ceramics,thin films,composites,etc.,physical and chemical phenomena and applications.The main groups are in Mexico,Panamá,Colombia,Cuba,Argentina,Brazil,Chile and Uruguay.
