Modelling power law dependencies of frequency dependent AC conductivity and permittivity of conductor-relaxor composites

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 370, Issue 1 PART 4, 2008, Pages 166-175

  Bowen, C R ^a   Dent, A C E ^a   Almond, D P ^a   Comyn, T P ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCIES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; LEAD MAGNESIUM NIOBATE-LEAD TITANATES; LOGARITHMIC MIXING; LOW FREQUENCY; OPEN POROSITY; PHASE ANGLES; POWER LAW; POWER LAW EXPONENT; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; RELAXOR MATERIALS; RELAXORS; SIMPLE APPROACH; STRONG CORRELATION;

FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNESIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOTRANSISTORS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 75449113028     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190802381522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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