AgNbO3: A lead-free material with large polarization and electromechanical response

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Fu, Desheng ^a,b   Endo, Makoto ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroki ^a   Taniyama, Tomoyasu ^a   Ltoh, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; POLYCRYSTALS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; INTERNAL ATOM DISTORTION; PIEZOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34547332205     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2751136     Document Type: Article

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