Abstract
A Ba0.5(Bi0.5K0.5)0.5TiO3 (BBKT) plate-like particle is synthesized by a novel two-step solvothermal soft chemical process. In the first step plate-like particles of a layered titanate H1.07Ti1.73O4 (HTO) precursor is solvothermally treated in Ba(OH)2 solution to obtain plate-like particles of a BaTiO3-HTO (BT-HTO) nanocomposite. In the second step the nanocomposite particles are hydrothermally treated in BiCl3-KOH solution to obtain the BBKT plate-like particles.