Grain size effects on the ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of Na 0.5K 0.5NbO 3 ceramics prepared by pechini method

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1383-1387

  Huo, Shaoxin ^a   Yuan, Songliu ^a   Tian, Zhaoming ^a   Wang, Chuanhui ^a   Qiu, Yang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE EFFECT; LEAD FREE CERAMICS; MAXIMUM VALUES; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; PARAELECTRICS; PECHINI METHOD; PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANT; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE PHASE; TETRAGONAL PHASE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SODIUM;

FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS;

EID: 84859651437     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04992.x     Document Type: Article

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