Enhancement of electro-strain performance of KTaO3 modified 0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.06BaTiO3 ceramics

Xinran Wang; Huanghui Nie; Yan Yan; Gang Liu

doi:10.1142/S2010135X2250014X

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