Atomic structures and electrical properties of ZnO grain boundaries

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-357

  Sato, Yukio ^a,b,c   Yamamoto, Takahisa ^a,b   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICRYSTALS; COINCIDENCE SITE LATTICE (CSL); COORDINATION NUMBERS; STRUCTURAL UNITS (SU);

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 33846529954     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01481.x     Document Type: Article

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