Thermodynamics of ferroelectric solid solutions with morphotropic phase boundaries

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1661-1685

  Heitmann, Adam A ^a   Rossetti Jr , George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; PHASE BOUNDARIES; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIELECTRIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FERROELECTRIC SOLID SOLUTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; MORPHOTROPIC PHASE BOUNDARIES; TETRAGONAL AND RHOMBOHEDRAL PHASIS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84901830484     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12979     Document Type: Article

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