Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based ceramics are currently enjoying a wide use in piezoelectric devices despite lead toxicity. Due to growing environmental concerns, the attention on piezoelectric ceramics has been moving ...

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analysis is applied to study the ablation threshold and the main plasma features of active crystals used for laser processing with Nd3þ ions. The experiments were conducted by ...

There are many advantages to using a microwave as a source of heat in hydrothermal reactions. Because it is a quick and homogeneous way to crystallize ceramic powders, it was used in this work for the production of ...

There are many advantages to using a microwave as a source of heat in hydrothermal reactions. Because it is a quick and homogeneous way to crystallize ceramic powders, it was used in this work for the production of ...

The effect of the structural modifications induced by the replacement of the B sites with W6+ ions in (K0.44Na0.52Li0.04)[(Nb0.86Ta0.10Sb0.04)1−xW5x/6]O3 lead free ceramics is investigated. Here we show the coexistence ...

We performed temperature-dependent Raman scattering studies on K0.2Na0.8NbO3 ceramics and compared the results with those for NaNbO3. The wavenumbers associated with NbO6 vibrations suggest the existence of two phase ...

The particle-growth kinetics of sodium niobate and zirconium titanate powders that were processed by the polymeric precursors method were studied. The growth kinetics that were studied for the particle, in the final stage ...

We performed temperature-dependent Raman scattering studies on K0.2Na0.8NbO3 ceramics and compared the results with those for NaNbO3. The wavenumbers associated with NbO6 vibrations suggest the existence of two phase ...