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Novel Applications of Perovskite Materials
Bismuth-Based Perovskite Structure Solid Solutions with Ferroelectric Morphotropic Phase Boundaries for Piezoelectric Applications 3
L.E. Cross and J.Cheng
The Wagon Wheel Transducer as a Vector Sensor and a Directional Projector 17
A.-C. Hladky-Hennion, J.K. Cochran, Jr., R. Meyer, D.C. Markley, and R.E. Newnham
Effect of Cathode Materials on the Performance of Single Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Module 39
F. Dogan, T. Suzuki, P. Jasinski, and H.U. Anderson
Perovskite Type Buffers for YBCO Coated Conductors 49
M.P. Paranthaman, T. Aytug, H.Y. Zhai, A.A. Gapud, P.M. Martin, K.J. Leonard, A. Goyal, and D.K. Christen
Polarization Dynamics Over Broad Time and Field Domains in Modified Ferroelectrics 59
C. Jullian, J. Li, and D. Viehland
Ba(ZrxTi1-x)O3:MgO Composites for Field and Frequency Tunable Applications 67
G Y. Li, E. Alberta, Z. Yu, R. Guo, and A.S. Bhalla
Processing, Texture and Grain Boundaries in Perovskites
Microstructural Aspects of Inclined Substrate Deposition Templates for Coated Conductors 79
D.J. Miller, S. Trasobares, R. Koritala, B. Ma, K. Uprety, and U. Balachandran
Twins in Superconducting Melt-textured Grown Y-Ba-Cu-O as Related to Critical Current Densities 87
S.-W. Chan and L. Mei
Characterization of Lanthanum Chromite Powders Obtained by Combustion Reaction 93
A. Franco, Jr. and C.GV. Neto
The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Dielectric Properties of Lead Magnesium Niobate-Lead Titanate Ceramics 101
B.A. Bender and M.-J. Pan
An Investigation of Electric Field-Induced Microcracking and Toughening in Piezoelectric Crystals 111
Z. Xu and Y. Zhang
Crystal Chemical and Physical Related Issues, Synthesis and Crystal Growth
Homogeneity Region and Crystal Structure of Sr and Mg Containing LaGaO3 at Temperatures between 1100 DegreesC and 1500 DegreesC in Air 121
P. Majewski, M. Rozumek, and F. Aldinger
Phase Equilibria of the Lead-Magnesium-Titanate and Lead-Niobium-Titanate Systems at 1000 DegreesC and 1 atm 139
R. Mangham and W.T. Petusky
Ferroelectric Behavior in the Aurivillius Phase Bi3Ti1.5W0.5O9 151
N. C. Hyatt and K. S. Knight
Electric Field-Induced Intersections of 90 Degrees Domain Walls in Tetragonal Ferroelectric Crystals 161
X. Tan and J.-K. Shang
Structural Transformations in Bismuth Titanates 171
S. Mallick, K.J. Bowman, E.B. Slamovich, A.H. King and J.L. Jones
Dielectric Property of Oxynitride Perovskites Containing Ta5+ 179
Y.-I. Kim and P. M. Woodward
High Energy Density Ferroelectric Glass-Ceramics 187
M.-J. Pan, M. Lanagan, B.A. Bender, and C.-T. Cheng
Incongruent Vaporization of AgNbO3 195
L.P. Cook, W. Wong-Ng, and Z. Yang
Author Index 207
Keyword Index 208
