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Fabrication of transparent lead-free KNN glass ceramics by incorporation method

Ploypailin Yongsiri1, Sukum Eitssayeam12, Gobwut Rujijanagul12, Somnuk Sirisoonthorn3, Tawee Tunkasiri2 and Kamonpan Pengpat12*

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1 Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

2 Materials Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

3 National Metal and Materials Technology Center, KlongLuang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

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Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:136  doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-136

Published: 16 February 2012

Abstract

The incorporation method was employed to produce potassium sodium niobate [KNN] (K0.5Na0.5NbO3) glass ceramics from the KNN-SiO2 system. This incorporation method combines a simple mixed-oxide technique for producing KNN powder and a conventional melt-quenching technique to form the resulting glass. KNN was calcined at 800°C and subsequently mixed with SiO2 in the KNN:SiO2 ratio of 75:25 (mol%). The successfully produced optically transparent glass was then subjected to a heat treatment schedule at temperatures ranging from 525°C -575°C for crystallization. All glass ceramics of more than 40% transmittance crystallized into KNN nanocrystals that were rectangular in shape and dispersed well throughout the glass matrix. The crystal size and crystallinity were found to increase with increasing heat treatment temperature, which in turn plays an important role in controlling the properties of the glass ceramics, including physical, optical, and dielectric properties. The transparency of the glass samples decreased with increasing crystal size. The maximum room temperature dielectric constant (εr) was as high as 474 at 10 kHz with an acceptable low loss (tanδ) around 0.02 at 10 kHz.

Keywords:
potassium sodium niobate; nanocrystals; ferroelectric; glass ceramics
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