Polyanion modulated evolution of perovskite BiFeO3 microspheres to microcubes by a microwave assisted hydrothermal method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1498-1504

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Xu, Wenfei ^a   Peng, Hui ^a   Tang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Keywords polymer; microstructure; microwave heating

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PRODUCTS; MICROCUBE; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; POLYANIONS; PURIFICATION METHOD;

IONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROWAVE HEATING; MORPHOLOGY; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 84878843547     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.130     Document Type: Article

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