Compositional and Structural Study of a (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 Single Crystal Prepared by Solid State Crystal Growth

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 435-440

  Benčan, Andreja ^a   Tchernychova, Elena ^a   Godec, Matjaž ^b   Fisher, John ^a   Kosec, Marija ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF METALS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

(K,Na)NbO3; EBSD; EDXS; SEM; TEM; WDXS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011500626     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609090722     Document Type: Article

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