Growth of dense single crystals of potassium sodium niobate by a combination of solid-state crystal growth and hot pressing

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1503-1507

  Fisher, John G ^a,c   Benčan, Andreja ^a   Kosec, Marija ^a   Vernay, Sophie ^b   Rytz, Daniel ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Forsch Inst Mineralische M   (Germany)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; HOT PRESSING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

PIEZOCERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POTASSIUM SODIUM NIOBATE; SOLID-STATE CRYSTAL GROWTH;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 43349092560     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02324.x     Document Type: Article

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