SODIUM LITHIUM NIOBATE LEAD-FREE PIEZOCERAMICS FOR HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS: FUNDAMENTAL, PROGRESS, AND PERSPECTIVE

Sodium lithium niobate lead-free piezoceramics for high-power applications: Fundamental, progress, and perspective

With the capability of interconversion between electrical and mechanical energy, piezoelectric materials have been revolutionized by the implementation of perovskite-piezoelectric-ceramic-based studies over 70 years.In particular, the market of piezoelectric ceramics has been dominated by lead zirconate titanate Goalie - Sticks - Senior for decades

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Plant traits and environment: floating leaf blade production and turnover of Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) O. Kuntze (Menyanthaceae)

Background Nymphaeid macrophytes, rooting in the sediment of water bodies and characterized by floating leaves, play an important role in wetland ecosystems.The present research deals with the effects of limited space, limited nutrient availability, water temperature and an unexpected inundation on the production, turnover and plasticity of floatin

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Ecosystem Services of Riparian Restoration: A Review of Rock Detention Structures in the Madrean Archipelago Ecoregion

In northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, limited water supplies and fragile landscapes jeopardize world-renowned biological diversity.Simple rock detention structures have been used to manage agricultural water for over a thousand years and are now being installed to restore ecohydrological Flat Files functionality but with little

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