Cycling stability of lead-free BNT-8BT and BNT-6BT-3KNN multilayer actuators and bulk ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 653-661

  Sapper, Eva ^a   Gassmann, Andrea ^a   Gjødvad, Lars ^b   Jo, Wook ^a   Granzow, Torsten ^c   Rödel, Jürgen ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Noliac AS   (Denmark)

^c CRP Gabriel Lippmann 41 ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Bismuth sodium titanate; Fatigue; Lead free; Multilayer actuator; Strain hysteresis

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SODIUM TITANATE; ELECTROMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LEAD-FREE; LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; MULTILAYER ACTUATORS; STRAIN HYSTERESIS;

ACTUATORS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NIOBIUM OXIDE; SODIUM;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84888440726     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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