Do grain boundaries affect microwave dielectric loss in oxides?

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 671-674

  Breeze, Jonathan D ^a   Perkins, James M ^a   McComb, David W ^a   Alford, Neil McN ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM; MICROWAVES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES;

IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC CERAMICS; MICROWAVE DIELECTRICS; MICROWAVE FIELDS; POLY-CRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS; SINGLE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 62549112584     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.02932.x     Document Type: Article

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