The elimination of lead in piezoelectric applications remains challenging. Since the
advances in the piezoelectricity were found in the perovskite family in 2000, studies into lead …

High-performance piezoceramics are some of the most important and widely used materials,
and as such research into this topic is at the forefront of high-technology advanced …

Abstract (K, Na) NbO3 based ceramics are considered to be one of the most promising lead-
free ferroelectrics replacing Pb (Zr, Ti) O3. Despite extensive studies over the last two …

Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …

The potassium sodium niobate, K0. 5Na0. 5NbO3, solid solution (KNN) is considered as one
of the most promising, environment-friendly, lead-free candidates to replace highly efficient …

The longitudinal electrostrictive coefficient Q 33 for perovskite-structured ferroelectric
ceramics is usually between 0.01− 0.04 m 4/C 2. However, an ultra-low Q 33 of only 0.0047 …

Electrostrictive materials are sought after in high-precision displacement actuators due to
their ultra-low hysteresis electrostrain. Here we report a very promising electrostrictive …

In this study, it is reported that various properties can be selectively derived in a pure (K 0.5
Na 0.5) NbO 3, KNN ceramics through optimizing the sintering temperature by the …

Piezoelectric single crystals based on the perovskite ferroelectric system (K, Na) NbO3 have
been widely investigated over the past 20 years due to large piezoelectric coefficients, high …

Environmental friendly piezoelectric single crystal, Ta-modified (K, Na) NbO3 with the size of
12× 11× 11 mm3, has been successfully grown using the top seeded solution growth …