R-curves of lead zirconate titanate (PZT)

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1401-1408

  Karastamatis, Thomas ^a   Lupascu, Doru C ^b   dos Santos e Lucato, Sergio L ^b   Rödel, Jürgen ^b   Lynch, Christopher S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric properties; Fracture; PZT; R curves

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRACKS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDENTATION; POLISHING; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

SURFACE CRACKS;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

CERAMICS; FRACTURE;

EID: 0037411768     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(02)00352-7     Document Type: Article

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