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Preparation and Electric Field Alignment of Acicular SbSI Crystals
Author(s) -
Morgan P. E. D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1982.tb10454.x
Subject(s) - acicular , electric field , ferroelectricity , crystallite , materials science , ferroelectric ceramics , consolidation (business) , ceramic , magnetic field , multiferroics , nanotechnology , condensed matter physics , composite material , optoelectronics , physics , metallurgy , microstructure , dielectric , accounting , business , quantum mechanics
Ferroelectric needles of SbSI may be aligned in an electric field, just as magnetic particles are aligned in magnetic fields, prior to consolidation into a highly oriented polycrystalline ceramic. The discovery, in 1978, should have wide applicability.