TY - GEN
T1 - Effective size of vacancies in the Sr1-3x/2Ce xTiO3 superstructure
AU - Ubic, Rick
AU - Subodh, Ganesanpotti
AU - Sebastian, Mailadil T.
AU - Gout, Dclphine
AU - Proffen, Thomas
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Four compositions in the Sr2-3x/2CexTiO3 homologous series corresponding to x = 0.1333, 0.1667, 0.1818, 0.25, and 0.4 have been synthesized by mixed-oxide processing and crystallographically characterized by electron diffraction. A non-cubic perovskite superlattice is observed for each composition caused by antiphase octahedral tilting. The degree of tilt increases with increasing x. Structural refinements of neutron diffraction data previously published indicate that the A-site size decreases with increasing x, but not as much as would be expected if vacancies were truly zero-dimensional defects; instead, A-site vacancies posses an effective finite size, presumably due to mutual repulsion of the coordinating oxygen ions. Based on these results, modifications to the predictive formula for pseudocubic lattice constant are proposed and seem successful for several systems with disordered A-site vacancies.
AB - Four compositions in the Sr2-3x/2CexTiO3 homologous series corresponding to x = 0.1333, 0.1667, 0.1818, 0.25, and 0.4 have been synthesized by mixed-oxide processing and crystallographically characterized by electron diffraction. A non-cubic perovskite superlattice is observed for each composition caused by antiphase octahedral tilting. The degree of tilt increases with increasing x. Structural refinements of neutron diffraction data previously published indicate that the A-site size decreases with increasing x, but not as much as would be expected if vacancies were truly zero-dimensional defects; instead, A-site vacancies posses an effective finite size, presumably due to mutual repulsion of the coordinating oxygen ions. Based on these results, modifications to the predictive formula for pseudocubic lattice constant are proposed and seem successful for several systems with disordered A-site vacancies.
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U2 - 10.1002/9780470528990.ch20
DO - 10.1002/9780470528990.ch20
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350441413
SN - 9780470408445
T3 - Ceramic Transactions
SP - 177
EP - 185
BT - Advances in Electroceramic Materials - A Collection of Papers Presented at the 2008 Materials Science and Technology Conference (MS and T08)
PB - American Ceramic Society
T2 - Advances in Electroceramic Materials
Y2 - 5 October 2008 through 9 October 2008
ER -