Sintered compacts of nano and micron-sized BaTiO3: Dramatic influence on the microstructure and dielectric properties

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 816-822

  Shanker, Vishnu ^a   Ahmad, Tokeer ^a   Ip, Henry ^b   Ganguli, Ashok K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FERROELECTRICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; SINTERING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

FERROELECTRIC TRANSITION; OSCILLATORY VARIATION; SINTERED COMPACTS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33744462056     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0102     Document Type: Article

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