Single crystals of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-35 mol% PbTiO3 from polycrystalline precursors

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 244-248

  Li, Tao ^a,d   Scotch, Adam M ^a,d   Chan, Helen M ^a,d   Harmer, Martin P ^a,d   Park, Seung Eek ^b,d   Shrout, Thomas R ^b,d   Michael, Joseph R ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POWDERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN;

POLYCRYSTALLINE PRECURSORS; SEED CRYSTALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031647488     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02325.x     Document Type: Article

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