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We have studied anisotropic electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of a LiTaO3 crystal in the temperature range 290–900 K. The anisotropy in its dielectric characteristics is associated with specific features of dielectric relaxation in the polar and nonpolar directions of the crystal. In the temperature range 290–450 K, the electrical conductivity in a nonpolar direction slightly exceeds that in the polar direction and there is anisotropy in electron mobility μe. At temperatures from 600 to 900 K, conductivity anisotropy shows up in both the magnitude of conductivity and the energetic and kinetic characteristics of charge transport processes.
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Original Russian Text © M.N. Palatnikov, V.A. Sandler, A.V. Yatsenko, N.V. Sidorov, S.V. Evdokimov, O.V. Makarova, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 752–762.
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Palatnikov, M.N., Sandler, V.A., Yatsenko, A.V. et al. Anisotropic electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of LiTaO3 crystals in the temperature range 290–900 K. Inorg Mater 51, 685–695 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515070122
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