Reconstruction of the domain orientation distribution function of polycrystalline PZT ceramics using vector

Markus Kratzer1, Michael Lasnik2,3, Sören Röhrig3,4

  • 1Institute of Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz Josef Straße 18, 8700, Leoben, Austria. markus.kratzer@unileoben.ac.at.

Scientific Reports
|January 12, 2018
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