Microstructure and piezoelectric properties of 0.95(Na0.5K 0.5)NbO3-0.05SrTiO3 ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1946-1949

  Cho, Kyung Hoon ^a   Park, Hwi Yeol ^a   Ahn, Cheol Woo ^a   Nahm, Sahn ^a   Uchino, Kenji ^b   Park, Seung Ho ^b   Lee, Hyeung Gyu ^c   Lee, Hwack Joo ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PHASE; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS;

EID: 34249850753     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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