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In situ radiation damage studies of La{sub x}Sr{sub 1-3x/2}TiO{sub 3} perovskites

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2901183· OSTI ID:21137159
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  1. Institute of Materials and Engineering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, PMB 1, Menai, New South Wales 2234 (Australia)
  2. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Illinois 60439 (United States)
Seven perovskite samples in the La{sub x}Sr{sub 1-3x/2}TiO{sub 3} solid solution series were monitored in situ during irradiation with 1.0 MeV Kr{sup 2+} ions using the intermediate voltage electron microscope-Tandem User Facility (IVEM) at Argonne National Laboratory. All the perovskites pass through the crystalline-amorphous transformation. However, the critical temperature for amorphisation T{sub c} of the La{sub x}Sr{sub 1-3x/2}TiO{sub 3} perovskites varies nonlinearly with composition, decreasing from 394{+-}3 K for SrTiO{sub 3} to a minimum of 275{+-}1 K for La{sub 0.2}Sr{sub 0.7}TiO{sub 3}, then increasing with composition again to 865{+-}3 K for La{sub 0.67}TiO{sub 3}. In combination with the work of previous authors, the electron microscopy results and IVEM data in this study suggest that there is a vacancy-assisted recovery mechanism in the cubic perovskites with compositions in the range 0<x<0.2 that may not be directly associated with the cubic-tetragonal phase transformation and that vacancy-enhanced amorphisation occurs for both cubic and orthorhombic perovskites with compositions in the range x={approx}0.2-0.67.
OSTI ID:
21137159
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 103; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English