Nanocrystalline Nd2-yGdyZr2O7 pyrochlore: Facile synthesis and electrical characterization

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2855-2862

  Mandal, Balaji P ^a   Dutta, Atanu ^b   Deshpande, Sudhanshu K ^a   Basu, Rajendra N ^b   Tyagi, Avesh K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AGGLOMERATE POWDERS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; MOBILE SPECIES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; PYROCHLORES; RAMAN SPECTRA; REDUCING ATMOSPHERE; SINTERED PELLETS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THEORETICAL DENSITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GADOLINIUM; LIGHT; NEODYMIUM; PELLETIZING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70350148083     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0355     Document Type: Article

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