Effect of grain size on dielectric nonlinearity in model BaTiO 3-based multilayer ceramic capacitors

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-199

  Fujii, Ichiro ^a   Trolier Mckinstry, Susan ^a   Nies, Craig ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AVX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC FIELD; DIELECTRIC NONLINEARITY; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; FIRST-ORDER REVERSAL CURVES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DEPENDENCE; HIGH-FIELD; MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR; PREISACH MODEL; RELATIVE RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ZERO BIAS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MULTILAYERS; PERMITTIVITY;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 80053099270     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04058.x     Document Type: Article

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