Lanthanum-doped Bi4Ti3O12 prepared by the soft chemical method: Rietveld analysis and piezoelectric properties

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-261

  Simoes A Z ^a   Stojanovic, B D ^a,b   Ramirez, M A ^a   Cavalheiro, A A ^a   Longo, E ^a   Varela, J A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; Ceramics; Crystal structure

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS;

PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SOFT CHEMICAL METHOD;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 38349097597     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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