@article { ISI:000243164000035,
	title = {Novel technique to prepare LiNbO3 at low temperature},
	journal = {Materials Letter},
	volume = {61},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {765-766},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Fresh niobium hydroxide was first precipitated from NbF5 solution using an aqueous ammonium hydroxide under basic conditions. Then a simple procedure of mixing lithium and niobium hydroxides together and heating at a low temperature (400 degrees C) produced pure ultrafine single phase LiNbO3 (LN). In the literature, this is the lowest temperature so far reported on the formation of LN. The phase content and lattice parameters are determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The average particle size and morphology were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Chemical synthesis, Electron microscopy, electronic materials, LiNbO3, X-ray diffraction},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2006.05.056},
	author = {Samuel, V. and Gaikwad, A. B. and Jadhav, A. D. and Mirji, S. A. and Ravi, V.}
}
@article { ISI:000257365900027,
	title = {Novel hydroxide precursors for low temperature synthesis of selected ternary oxides},
	journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
	volume = {43},
	number = {7},
	year = {2008},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {1842-1849},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>A novel method of using hydroxide precursors to reduce the synthesis temperature for few selected ternary oxides has been presented here. This technique is very useful and advantageous when the ternary oxides contain an alkaline earth element. The selected compositions for this method are BaCeO3 (BC), BaBiO3 (BB), La0.7Sr0.3CoO3 (LSCO) and BaBi2Nb2O9 (BBN). Commercially purchased strontium (or barium) hydroxide and freshly prepared lanthanum, cobalt, bismuth and niobium hydroxides were mixed thoroughly in stoichiometric ratio and heated at different temperatures ranging from 100 to 700 degrees C for 10 h for corresponding compositions. The sequence of the reaction and evolution of the product phase were studied by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies. The phase purity and lattice parameters were also determined by XRD investigations. All the product phases in each case were formed at relatively low temperature than when they were prepared by co-precipitation or solid state method. The morphology and average particle size of these powders were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Ceramics, Chemical synthesis, Electron microscopy, Oxides, X-ray diffraction},
	issn = {0025-5408},
	doi = {10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.07.006},
	author = {Muthurajan, H. and Rao, N. Koteswara and Gupta, U. N. and Pradhan, Sivaram and Jha, Ratnesh Kumar and Kumar, H. H. and Mirji, S. A. and Ravi, V.}
}
