Micro-electromechanical determination of the possible remanent strain and polarization states in polycrystalline ferroelectrics and the implications for phenomenological constitutive theories

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 513-525

  Landis, Chad M ^a   Wang, Jianxin ^a   Sheng, Jianshun ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive behavior; Ferroelectrics; Micro electromechanics; Polarization saturation; Strain saturation

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLARIZATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICS; POLARIZATION SATURATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE TEXTURE; STRAIN SATURATION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 3142782028     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X04041653     Document Type: Article

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