• Controlled growth of SrxBa1-xNb2O6 hopper- and cube-shaped nanostructures by hydrothermal synthesis 

      Grendal, Ola Gjønnes; Nylund, Inger-Emma; Blichfeld, Anders Bank; Tominaka, Satoshi; Ohara, Koji; Selbach, Sverre Magnus; Grande, Tor; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Controlling the shape and size of nanostructured materials has been a topic of interest in the field of material science for decades. In this work, the ferroelectric material SrxBa1-xNb2O6 (x = 0.32–0.82, SBN) was prepared ...
    • Controlled Growth of SrxBa1−xNb2O6 Hopper‐ and Cube‐Shaped Nanostructures by Hydrothermal Synthesis 

      Grendal, Ola Gjønnes; Nylund, Inger-Emma; Blichfeld, Anders Bank; Tominaka, Satoshi; Ohara, Koji; Selbach, Sverre Magnus; Grande, Tor; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Controlling the shape and size of nanostructured materials has been a topic of interest in the field of material science for decades. In this work, the ferroelectric material SrxBa1−xNb2O6 (x=0.32–0.82, SBN) was prepared ...
    • In situ X-ray diffraction studies of the crystallization of K0. 5Na0. 5NbO3 powders and thin films from an aqueous synthesis route 

      Bakken, Kristine; Gaukås, Nikolai Helth; Grendal, Ola Gjønnes; Blichfeld, Anders Bank; Tominaka, Satoshi; Ohara, Koji; Chernyshov, Dmitry; Glaum, Julia; Grande, Tor; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Aqueous chemical solution deposition is a promising route for ferroelectric K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (KNN) thin films, requiring a stable precursor solution with complexed Nb5+. Here, we report on the local structure of Nb-complexes ...
    • Structures and Role of the Intermediate Phases on the Crystallization of BaTiO3 from an Aqueous Synthesis Route 

      Bakken, Kristine; Pedersen, Viviann Hole; Blichfeld, Anders Bank; Nylund, Inger-Emma; Tominaka, Satoshi; Ohara, Koji; Grande, Tor; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Carbonate formation is a prevailing challenge in synthesis of BaTiO3, especially through wet chemical synthesis routes. In this work, we report the phase evolution during thermal annealing of an aqueous BaTiO3 precursor ...
    • Understanding the Hydrothermal Formation of NaNbO3: Its Full Reaction Scheme and Kinetics 

      Skjærvø, Susanne Linn; Ong, Gary K.; Grendal, Ola Gjønnes; Wells, Kristin Høydalsvik; Van Beek, Wouter; Ohara, Koji; Milliron, Delia J.; Tominaka, Satoshi; Grande, Tor; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sodium niobate (NaNbO3) attracts attention for its great potential in a variety of applications, for instance, due to its unique optical properties. Still, optimization of its synthetic procedures is hard due to the lack ...