Papers by Author: Yong Mei Hao

Abstract: A new systematic study of the formation and structure of solid solutions Gd (5-x)HoxSi4 (x = 1.0-5.0) has been performed. By X-ray powder diffraction method, it was found that these compounds all crystallize in orthorhombic structure with space group Pnma and the cell parameters a, b, c and the volume of unit cell are correlated with the holmium content.

Abstract: The spark plasma sintering technique was used to fabricate ceramics from Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3– PbTiO3 ceramic layers which were prepared by tape casting and TGG method used BaTiO3 templates as seeds. During heat treatment, epitaxial grain growth occurred on the BaTiO3 surfaces and formed <001> textured lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.325PbTiO3 (PMN-32.5PT) ceramics. The phase compositions and microstructure were investigated. The results indicated that this method was an alternative sintering technology to synthesize dense lead-based relaxor ferroelectric ceramics.