Combinatorial search of structural transitions: Systematic investigation of morphotropic phase boundaries in chemically substituted BiFeO 3

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2691-2704

  Kan, Daisuke ^a,b   Long, Christian J ^a   Steinmetz, Christian ^c   Lofland, Samuel E ^c   Takeuchi, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PRESSURE EFFECTS; CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL SEARCH; COMPOSITION SPREAD; CRITICAL PARAMETER; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; IONIC RADIUS; MORPHOTROPIC PHASE BOUNDARIES; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; SM SUBSTITUTION; STRUCTURAL BOUNDARY; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

BISMUTH; FERROELECTRICITY; GADOLINIUM; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANDIUM;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84868541694     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.314     Document Type: Review

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