@article { ISI:000225497800035,
	title = {Synthesis and characterization of microwave-hydrothermally derived Ba1-xSrxTiO3 powders},
	journal = {Materials Letters},
	volume = {59},
	number = {2-3},
	year = {2005},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {293-296},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Submicron-sized, spherical, stoichiometric strontium substituted barium titanate: Ba0.75Sr0.25TiO3 (BST) powders are prepared by microwave-hydrothermal (MH) route under the MH conditions of 200 degreesC, 200 psi, and 30 min in strongly alkaline conditions (pH\&gt;12) using potassium titanyl oxalate (KTO) and nitrates of Ba and Sr as the starting precursors and KOH as the mineralizer. The characterization studies by XRD, XRF and SEM indicated that stoichiometric cubic BST powders (a(0)=3.992 A) were obtained by adjusting MH conditions mentioned earlier and keeping the (Ba+Sr)/Ti ratio in starting solution slightly in excess (similar to1.06). (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {barium-strontium titanate, dissolution-recrystallization, Microstructure, microwave-hydrothermal synthesis, mineralizer, SEM, XRD, XRF},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2004.10.006},
	author = {Deshpande, S. B. and Khollam, Y. B. and Bhoraskar, Y. B. and Date, Sadgopal K. and Sainkara, S. R. and Potdar, H. S.}
}
@article { ISI:000254222400007,
	title = {Synthesis of bismuth titanate (Bi4Ti3O12)powders via calcination of microwave-hydrothermally (MH) derived precursor},
	journal = {Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences},
	volume = {15},
	number = {1},
	year = {2008},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {51-54},
	publisher = {NATL INST SCIENCE COMMUNICATION},
	type = {Article},
	address = {DR K S KRISHNAN MARG, NEW DELHI 110 012, INDIA},
	abstract = {<p>Micrometer sized platelet-like particles of bismuth titanate (Bi4Ti3O12) ire prepared successfully by the calcination of a mixed-precursor in air. The mixed precursor is precipitated Under microwave-hydrothermal (MH) treatment via dissolution-recrystallization kinetics. The mixed precursor is precipitated in-situ by giving MH treatment (at 200 degrees C, 200 psi, and 30 min hold time) to the hydrolysed slurry containing Bi and Ti cations. The slurry was prepared by adding 20\% aqueous KOH precipitant solution to a well-mixed stoichiometric nitrate solution containing Bi and Ti cations. XRD results revealed that the as-dried precursor consisted of a homogenous mixture of non-crystalline particles of Bi2O3 and TiO2. The calcination of the as-dried precursor at 700 degrees C/2 h in air resulted ill the formation of micron sized platelet like single-phase Bi4Ti3O12 powders having orthorhombic structure.</p>},
	keywords = {Bi4Ti3O12, MH processing, SEM, XRD},
	issn = {0971-4588},
	author = {Khollam, Y. B. and Deshpande, S. B. and Samuel, V. and Potdar, H. S.}
}
