Nano-scale chemical and structural segregation induced in surface layer of NaNbO3 crystals with thermal treatment at oxidising conditions studied by XPS, AFM, XRD, and electric properties tests

Phase Transitions

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 662-682

  Molak, A ^a,b   Paweczyk, M ^a   Kubacki, J ^a   Szot, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Electric permittivity and conduction; Sodium niobate; Surface layer; XPS; XRD

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; SODIUM NIOBATE; SURFACE LAYERS; XPS; XRD;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC LOSSES; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PERMITTIVITY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SODIUM; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE SEGREGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 70450250092     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590903341155     Document Type: Article

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