Self-Growth of Centimeter-Scale Single Crystals by Normal Sintering Process in Modified Potassium Sodium Niobate Ceramics

• Main Authors: Ahn, Cheol-Woo, Lee, Ho-Yong, Han, Guifang, Zhang, Shujun, Choi, Si-Young, Choi, Jong-Jin, Kim, Jong-Woo, Yoon, Woon-Ha, Choi, Joon-Hwan, Park, Dong-Soo, Hahn, Byung-Dong, Ryu, Jungho
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Ferroelectrics and multiferroics; Sensors and biosensors
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81602; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39581
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this manuscript, an interesting phenomenon is reported. That is the self-growth of single crystals in Pb-free piezoelectric ceramics. These crystals are several centimeters in size. They are grown without any seed addition through a normal sintering process in modified potassium sodium niobate ce...