Ferroelectric domain structures and electrical properties of fine-grained lead-free sodium potassium niobate ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3391-3396

  Eriksson, Mirva ^a   Yan, Haixue ^b,c   Viola, Giuseppe ^b,c   Ning, Huanpo ^b   Gruner, Daniel ^a   Nygren, Mats ^a   Reece, Mike J ^b,c   Shen, Zhijian ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Nanoforce Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FIELD; CRITICAL GRAIN SIZES; CURIE POINTS; DENSE CERAMICS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANT; LEAD-FREE; LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRICS; POTASSIUM NIOBATE CERAMICS; PROCESSING CONDITION; REMNANT POLARIZATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE DOMAINS; SINGLE GRAINS; THEORETICAL DENSITY;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS;

EID: 80053987016     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04510.x     Document Type: Article

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