Effect of polar nanoregions on giant electrostriction and piezoelectricity in relaxor ferroelectrics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Pirc, R ^a   Blinc, R ^a   Vikhnin, V S ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; NIOBIUM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42749103528     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.212105     Document Type: Article

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