Influence of grain and grain-boundary resistances on dielectric properties of KNbO3 under small DC bias field

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3127-3132

  Sharath, Sankaramangalam Ulhas ^a   Singh, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Raghvendra, ^a   Singh, Bheeshma Pratap ^a   Kumar, Pravin ^a   Singh, Prabhakar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRICS; ORTHORHOMBIC PEROVSKITE; POTASSIUM NIOBATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID-STATE CERAMICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84885672585     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12466     Document Type: Article

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