Size effect on crystal structure and phase transition of potassium niobate

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 433, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-52

  Sawai, S ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Iba, A ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^b   Tomita, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

KNbO 3; lattice constant; phase transition; size effect

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SIZE; CUBIC PHASIS; DSC CURVES; FINE PARTICLES; GRAIN SIZE; KNBO 3; LATTICE CONSTANT; LOW TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; POTASSIUM NIOBATE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIZE EFFECTS; SOFT-CHEMICAL ROUTE; TETRAGONAL PHASE;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84866866401     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2012.678110     Document Type: Article

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