An approach to further improve piezoelectric properties of (K 0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based lead-free ceramics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Du, Hongliang ^a   Zhou, Wancheng ^a   Luo, Fa ^a   Zhu, Dongmei ^a   Qu, Shaobo ^b   Pei, Zhibin ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

LEAD FREE CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANTS; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POLYMORPHIC PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 36249013104     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2815750     Document Type: Article

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