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Title: Effects of electrostatic field strength on grain‐boundary core structures in SrTiO 3

Abstract

Abstract Understanding interactions between externally applied electric fields and the interfacial structures of nanoscale ceramics is important for controlling their functional properties. In ceramic oxides, functional properties are determined by oxygen vacancy concentrations near and within grain‐boundary core structures. In this study it is shown that the application of electrostatic fields ranging from 0 to nominally 170 V/cm during diffusion bonding of bicrystals alters the atomic and electronic core structures of (100) twist grain boundaries in SrTiO 3 . The applied electric field strength affects local oxygen vacancy concentrations and ordering of the oxygen sublattice. Results for this model system indicate that electrostatic fields applied during ceramic manufacturing can be employed as a new processing parameter to tailor defect structure configurations and obtain unprecedented ceramic microstructures. The ability to manipulate interface configurations with electric fields in the absence of any sintering additives may have far reaching implications for tuning polarization and band structures in electroceramics while avoiding effects of often unwanted dopants.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of California Davis California
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1496647
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Journal Name:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Volume: 102 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7820
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Hughes, Lauren A., and van Benthem, Klaus. Effects of electrostatic field strength on grain‐boundary core structures in SrTiO 3. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1111/jace.16344.
Hughes, Lauren A., & van Benthem, Klaus. Effects of electrostatic field strength on grain‐boundary core structures in SrTiO 3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16344
Hughes, Lauren A., and van Benthem, Klaus. Mon . "Effects of electrostatic field strength on grain‐boundary core structures in SrTiO 3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16344.
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title = {Effects of electrostatic field strength on grain‐boundary core structures in SrTiO 3},
author = {Hughes, Lauren A. and van Benthem, Klaus},
abstractNote = {Abstract Understanding interactions between externally applied electric fields and the interfacial structures of nanoscale ceramics is important for controlling their functional properties. In ceramic oxides, functional properties are determined by oxygen vacancy concentrations near and within grain‐boundary core structures. In this study it is shown that the application of electrostatic fields ranging from 0 to nominally 170 V/cm during diffusion bonding of bicrystals alters the atomic and electronic core structures of (100) twist grain boundaries in SrTiO 3 . The applied electric field strength affects local oxygen vacancy concentrations and ordering of the oxygen sublattice. Results for this model system indicate that electrostatic fields applied during ceramic manufacturing can be employed as a new processing parameter to tailor defect structure configurations and obtain unprecedented ceramic microstructures. The ability to manipulate interface configurations with electric fields in the absence of any sintering additives may have far reaching implications for tuning polarization and band structures in electroceramics while avoiding effects of often unwanted dopants.},
doi = {10.1111/jace.16344},
journal = {Journal of the American Ceramic Society},
number = 8,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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