Growth of (Na0.5K0.5)NbO3 single crystals by abnormal grain growth method from special shaped nano-powders

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1725-1730

  Wang, Chao ^a   Hou, Yu Dong ^a   Ge, Hai Yan ^a   Zhu, Man Kang ^a   Yan, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Abnormal grain growth; Microstructure prefiring; Niobates; Sintering; Sol gel processes

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; ABNORMAL GRAINS; AVERAGE SIZE; COMPOSITE POWDERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS; DRIVING FORCES; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN MORPHOLOGIES; HIGH SINTERING TEMPERATURES; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NANO POWDERS; NIOBATES; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STARTING MATERIALS;

GELS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINTERING; SODIUM; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 77249132508     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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