Investigations on the growth and Characterization of pure and doped K0 5na0 5nbo3 single crystals and effect Of heavy ion irradiation on the Physical properties

Abstract

Single crystals play an important role in the development of newlinemodern technology with extensive applications for the benefit of the man kind newlineexploiting different physical properties Crystals are attractive for both basic newlineas well as applied research Semiconducting ferroelectric superconducting newlinemagnetic and non linear optical properties of the single crystals have newlinesignificant applications in various fields due to their anisotropic nature and newlineuniformity of composition newlineLead zirconate titanate PZT single crystals are proven to be the newlinehigh performance piezoelectric materials and most widely used in sensors newlineactuators and other electronic devices Such materials have been the center of newlineattention for many years because of its extremely high piezoelectric newlinecoefficient 1200 pC N newline newline