Nucleation of rhombohedral regions within a tetragonal matrix in Mn-doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 crystals: Origins of a diffuse transformation, thermal hysteresis, and isotropization

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 478-481

  Ge, Wenwei ^a   Yao, Jianjun ^a   Luo, Liang ^a   Devreugd, Christopher P ^a   Li, Jiefang ^a   Viehland, D ^a   Zhang, Qinhui ^b   Luo, Haosu ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR BANDS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; DOMAIN STUDY; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; ISOTROPIZATION; MN-DOPED; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SODIUM BISMUTH TITANATE; TETRAGONAL MATRIX; THERMAL HYSTERESIS; TIO;

BISMUTH; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; HYSTERESIS; MANGANESE; SODIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79751511268     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04083.x     Document Type: Article

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