Field-assisted sintering of undoped BaTiO3: Microstructure evolution and dielectric permittivity

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3655-3660

  M'Peko, Jean Claude ^a,b   Francis, John S C ^a,c   Raj, Rishi ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FAST Ceramics   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash sintering; Microstructure; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMITTIVITY;

BATIO; CONVENTIONAL SINTERING; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING; FLASH SINTERING; FURNACE TEMPERATURES; MICRO-STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84905573501     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.04.041     Document Type: Article

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