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Quantifying Short Range Chemical And Structural Order In Complex Oxides Via Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
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Book Synopsis Quantifying Short-Range Chemical and Structural Order in Complex Oxides Via Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy by : Matthew John Cabral
Download or read book Quantifying Short-Range Chemical and Structural Order in Complex Oxides Via Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy written by Matthew John Cabral and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Quantitative Statistical Analysis of Atomic Scale Structural and Chemical Variations in Complex Oxides Interfaces by : Hao Yang
Download or read book Quantitative Statistical Analysis of Atomic Scale Structural and Chemical Variations in Complex Oxides Interfaces written by Hao Yang and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grain boundaries (GBs) are known to have far-reaching effects on the electrical and mechanical properties of materials. Understanding the atomic scale mechanisms behind these effects requires an accurate determination of the interplay between GB structure and composition. Based on the analysis of a range of grain boundaries using aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), a general structural units model has been derived for the structure of grain boundaries in various dense packing cubic materials including FCC metals, perovskites and fluorites. The similarities in the observed grain boundary structures of these materials originate from related space (and point) group symmetries of the parent structures. The presence of structural variations away from the general structural units model may be caused by frustrations of certain symmetry operations that result from the incorporation of point defects (vacancies and impurities). A clear understanding of the similarity and variation in grain boundary atomic structures will not only provide a means to infer the structure-property relationships in broad classes of materials, but also enables us eventually to effectively manipulate the GB structures to achieve better materials properties.To understand these chemical induced variations, and further quantify exactly how atomic scale variations at the boundary plane extend to the practical mesoscale operating length of the system, statistical analysis has been applied to the aberration corrected STEM Z-contrast images acquired from a series of undoped and doped SrTiO3 GBs. In order to understand the effects of oxygen vacancies incorporation, in-situ characterization of GB atomic structures were performed using the Environmental TEM under the reduced gas and heating environment. This analysis of GB similarity and variation provides insights into the structure-composition relationship in GBs to understand the influence of nonstoichiometry and dopant segregations. It also helps to determine experimentally the energetics behind the formation of grain boundary structures to predict GB formation in various materials.
Book Synopsis Characterizing Local Structure in Complex Oxides with Quantitative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy by : Jack Y. Zhang
Download or read book Characterizing Local Structure in Complex Oxides with Quantitative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy written by Jack Y. Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perovskite oxides remain a material class with properties that can be difficult to predict. Strong electron correlations, coupling between electron, lattice, spin and orbital degrees of freedoms, combined with the versatility of the structure itself, result in a wide range of properties, with unique emergent phenomena that occur only at heterointerfaces. Structure plays an especially important role in determining the properties of perovskite oxides. Small distortions in the lattice, particularly rotations or tilts of the oxygen octahedra, can have large effects on the material's electrical and magnetic properties. One way we can tune these rotations is by growing thin film heterostructures, allowing us to tailor the properties of these materials in ways not possible in the bulk. Therefore, determining the local atomic structure in these films is critical for understanding the structure-property relationships, and the origin of any emergent behavior that may exist at an interface.
Book Synopsis Quantification and Visualization of Ordering, Displacement, and Defects in Complex Oxides Using Electron Microscopy by : Timothy Benjamin Eldred
Download or read book Quantification and Visualization of Ordering, Displacement, and Defects in Complex Oxides Using Electron Microscopy written by Timothy Benjamin Eldred and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ordered and Disordered Cubic Systems: Pyrochlore to Fluorite, Now and the Horizon by : Gordon James Thorogood
Download or read book Ordered and Disordered Cubic Systems: Pyrochlore to Fluorite, Now and the Horizon written by Gordon James Thorogood and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Visualizing Chemistry by : National Research Council
Download or read book Visualizing Chemistry written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and engineers have long relied on the power of imaging techniques to help see objects invisible to the naked eye, and thus, to advance scientific knowledge. These experts are constantly pushing the limits of technology in pursuit of chemical imagingâ€"the ability to visualize molecular structures and chemical composition in time and space as actual events unfoldâ€"from the smallest dimension of a biological system to the widest expanse of a distant galaxy. Chemical imaging has a variety of applications for almost every facet of our daily lives, ranging from medical diagnosis and treatment to the study and design of material properties in new products. In addition to highlighting advances in chemical imaging that could have the greatest impact on critical problems in science and technology, Visualizing Chemistry reviews the current state of chemical imaging technology, identifies promising future developments and their applications, and suggests a research and educational agenda to enable breakthrough improvements.
Book Synopsis Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy by : Earl J. Kirkland
Download or read book Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy written by Earl J. Kirkland and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and revised edition of a classic work provides a summary of methods for numerical computation of high resolution conventional and scanning transmission electron microscope images. At the limits of resolution, image artifacts due to the instrument and the specimen interaction can complicate image interpretation. Image calculations can help the user to interpret and understand high resolution information in recorded electron micrographs. The book contains expanded sections on aberration correction, including a detailed discussion of higher order (multipole) aberrations and their effect on high resolution imaging, new imaging modes such as ABF (annular bright field), and the latest developments in parallel processing using GPUs (graphic processing units), as well as updated references. Beginning and experienced users at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level will find the book to be a unique and essential guide to the theory and methods of computation in electron microscopy.
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Book Synopsis Nanocharacterisation by : Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Download or read book Nanocharacterisation written by Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2007 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanocharacterisation is a rapidly developing field. Contributions in this book from across the globe provide an overview of the different microscopic techniques for the characterisation of nanostructures.
Book Synopsis Atomic Scale Characterization of Complex Oxide Thin Films by : Meng Gu
Download or read book Atomic Scale Characterization of Complex Oxide Thin Films written by Meng Gu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Materials with the ABO3 perovskite structure possess a wide variety of properties including superconductivity, ferroelectric, and magnetic properties. These properties are highly tunable due to the fact that the B site cation can assume multiple valence states and its high structural stability allows for large scale doping and strain. Due to a reduced dimensionality, two dimensional thin films and superlattices grown using techniques such as pulsed laser deposition (PLD) often possess novel properties which differ from the bulk perovskite materials. The origins of these novel properties can be traced to interfacial chemical intermixing, electronic reconstruction, strain as well as defect formation, which cause significant changes in the electronic structures. Therefore, it is crucially important to investigate the atomic and electronic structures of the functional materials in order to understand the correlation between microstructures and physical properties. Chemically-sensitive Z-contrast imaging and bonding-sensitive electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) in aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM) can directly characterize the local structure, strain, composition and bonding on the atomic scale. Determination of the atomic and electronic structures of the interfaces and defects in the thin films can then be correlated with the magnetic and transport properties. Therefore, the understanding of the structure-property relationship for several different systems of perovskite oxide thin films and superlattices were developed on the atomic scale. Multifunctional superlattices composed of ferromagnetic (FM) La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 (LSMO) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) La(0.7)Sr(0.3)FeO3 (LSFO) have potential applications for next generation data storage and logic devices. Defect formation, driven by strain relaxation in the LSMO/LSFO superlattices can modify not only the structure and surface sharpness, but also the functional properties of the superlattice. Stacking faults were found as one efficient way of strain relaxation while maintaining robust antiferromagnetic properties for a thin [3LSMO][6LSFO] superlattice (repeating motif composed of 3 unit-cell LSMO sublayer and 6 unit-cell LSFO sublayer). On the other hand, for a fully strained [3LSMO][6LSFO], large inter-diffusion across the interface between the LSMO and LSFO layers was detected in EELS line scans, resulting in deteriorated AFM properties. When a [6LSMO][6LSFO] superlattice with one micron thickness, a high density of nanoflowers and cracks/pinholes were observed to result from strain relaxation. The formation of these nanoflowers and cracks/pinholes was suppressed by increasing the growth rate and thereby reducing the growth time and overall thermal treatment of the sample. Strain relaxation was shown to be directly related to the growth conditions and have a large effect on both the structure and functional properties of the superlattices. A series of superlattices composed of non-magnetic La(0.5)Sr(0.5)TiO3 (LSTO) and ferromagnetic LSMO were grown on single crystal oxide substrates with different amounts of misfit strain. No significant electronic structure changes along the interfaces was observed in this series of superlattices as revealed by atomic resolution EELS. In comparison, charge transfer effect was reported for the LSMO/STO superlattices and was shown to cause an ultrathin magnetic dead layer along the interfaces. Thus, compared with the LSMO/STO superlattice, composition tuning of the sublayers was proven to be efficient in controlling the interfacial charge transfer effects in a superlattice. In addition, tetragonal distortion was found to reduce the ferromagnetic ordering, decrease the Tc, increase the resistivity, and even lead to metal-insulator transitions of the superlattices. The strain relaxation defects such as dislocations and low angle grain boundaries serve as important pinning sites for magnetic domains, leading to enhanced coercive field strength. In order to determine the properties of an intermixed interface layer, we have performed a detailed study of the solid solution between LSMO and LSFO, i.e. La(0.7)Sr(0.3)Mn(0.5)Fe(0.5)O3 (LSMFO). A large target-substrate distance during the PLD growth led to cation segregation in the LSMFO film. Cation segregation could cause the formation of diverse local magnetic ordering and B site valence states due to the different local stoichiometry and coordination environment. For the cation segregated LSFMO films, robust ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic coupling was observed at 150K and room temperature. Decreasing the target-substrate distance resulted to a homogeneous cation distribution in the film, without any ferromagnetic ordering as expected. This result suggests the important role of target-substrate distance and the kinetic energy of the plume species on the crystalline quality and functional properties of perovskite oxide thin films. La(x)Sr(1-x)TiO3 possesses a wide range of functional properties which make it an attractive candidate material for applications such as the conductive buffer for high temperature superconductor growth, transparent conductors, and anodes in solid oxide fuel cells. La(0.5)Sr(0.5)TiO3 thin films were grown using PLD and the resistivity was found to be highly dependent on the O2 background pressure used in the deposition. However, a thin film which was deposited as a single phase film was transformed into a semi-ordered superlattice with TiO2 rich stacking faults and distorted lattices upon exposure to high oxygen pressure (~200torr) during the cooling procedure after deposition. This phase change stabilized Ti4+ ions and dramatically increased the resistivity of the film. In addition, a two dimensional free electron gas could be constructed by confining a few unit cells of La doped STO with STO spacer layers. Our study showed that charge transfer over a distance of ~2 u.c. was present in Sr(0.75)La(0.25)TiO3/STO superlattices. This thickness defined the lower limit for the thickness of the STO spacers in order to confine the charge carriers into two dimensions; secondly, the La dopants were shown to be less localized in thicker superlattice (~100nm) due to interdiffusion upon extended thermal exposure. This information provided important feedback on the fabrication and utilization of this material.In conclusion, several perovskite thin film systems with fascinating properties have been explored in this thesis. Strain states and strain relaxations, defect formation, interfacial atomic mixing, charge transfer, and cation segregation were shown to have profound effect on the functional properties of complex oxide thin film systems. Atomic resolution Z-contrast imaging and EELS provide extremely useful information on the structural and electronic structure variations, which enable us to see the whole picture of growth, structure and properties' interactions.
Book Synopsis Science of Microscopy by : P.W. Hawkes
Download or read book Science of Microscopy written by P.W. Hawkes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-29 with total page 1336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully corrected second impression of the classic 2006 text on microscopy runs to more than 1,000 pages and covers up-to-the-minute developments in the field. The two-volume work brings together a slew of experts who present comprehensive reviews of all the latest instruments and new versions of the older ones, as well as their associated operational techniques. The chapters draw attention to their principal areas of application. A huge range of subjects are benefiting from these new tools, including semiconductor physics, medicine, molecular biology, the nanoworld in general, magnetism, and ferroelectricity. This fascinating book will be an indispensable guide for a wide range of scientists in university laboratories as well as engineers and scientists in industrial R&D departments.
Book Synopsis Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy by : Frances M. Ross
Download or read book Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy written by Frances M. Ross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2.6.2 Electrodes for Electrochemistry
Book Synopsis Diffuse Scattering and Defect Structure Simulations by : Reinhard B. Neder
Download or read book Diffuse Scattering and Defect Structure Simulations written by Reinhard B. Neder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the atomic structure of complex and time disordered materials relies upon computer simulations of these structures. This cook book provides a unique mixture of simulation know-how and hands on examples. All related files and the program DISCUS are included on a CDROM with the book.
Book Synopsis Transmission Electron Microscopy by : C. Barry Carter
Download or read book Transmission Electron Microscopy written by C. Barry Carter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is a companion volume to Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science by Williams and Carter. The aim is to extend the discussion of certain topics that are either rapidly changing at this time or that would benefit from more detailed discussion than space allowed in the primary text. World-renowned researchers have contributed chapters in their area of expertise, and the editors have carefully prepared these chapters to provide a uniform tone and treatment for this exciting material. The book features an unparalleled collection of color figures showcasing the quality and variety of chemical data that can be obtained from today’s instruments, as well as key pitfalls to avoid. As with the previous TEM text, each chapter contains two sets of questions, one for self assessment and a second more suitable for homework assignments. Throughout the book, the style follows that of Williams & Carter even when the subject matter becomes challenging—the aim is always to make the topic understandable by first-year graduate students and others who are working in the field of Materials Science Topics covered include sources, in-situ experiments, electron diffraction, Digital Micrograph, waves and holography, focal-series reconstruction and direct methods, STEM and tomography, energy-filtered TEM (EFTEM) imaging, and spectrum imaging. The range and depth of material makes this companion volume essential reading for the budding microscopist and a key reference for practicing researchers using these and related techniques.
Book Synopsis Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy by : Stephen J. Pennycook
Download or read book Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy written by Stephen J. Pennycook and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scanning transmission electron microscopy has become a mainstream technique for imaging and analysis at atomic resolution and sensitivity, and the authors of this book are widely credited with bringing the field to its present popularity. Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy(STEM): Imaging and Analysis will provide a comprehensive explanation of the theory and practice of STEM from introductory to advanced levels, covering the instrument, image formation and scattering theory, and definition and measurement of resolution for both imaging and analysis. The authors will present examples of the use of combined imaging and spectroscopy for solving materials problems in a variety of fields, including condensed matter physics, materials science, catalysis, biology, and nanoscience. Therefore this will be a comprehensive reference for those working in applied fields wishing to use the technique, for graduate students learning microscopy for the first time, and for specialists in other fields of microscopy.
Book Synopsis Impact of Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopy on Materials Research by : David G. Rickerby
Download or read book Impact of Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopy on Materials Research written by David G. Rickerby and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advanced Study Institute provided an opportunity for researchers in universities, industry and National and International Laboratories, from the disciplines ofmaterials science, physics, chemistry and engineering to meet together in an assessment of the impact of electron and scanning probe microscopy on advanced material research. Since these researchers have traditionally relied upon different approaches, due to their different scientific background, to advanced materials problem solving, presentations and discussion within the Institute sessions were initially devoted to developing a set ofmutually understood basic concepts, inherently related to different techniques ofcharacterization by microscopy and spectroscopy. Particular importance was placed on Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), High Resolution Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy (HRTEM, HRSTEM) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM). It was recognized that the electronic structure derived directly from EELS analysis as well as from atomic positions in HRTEM or High Angle Annular Dark Field STEM can be used to understand the macroscopic behaviour of materials. The emphasis, however, was upon the analysis of the electronic band structure of grain boundaries, fundamental for the understanding of macroscopic quantities such as strength, cohesion, plasticity, etc.
Book Synopsis Modern Techniques of Surface Science by : D. P. Woodruff
Download or read book Modern Techniques of Surface Science written by D. P. Woodruff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-03-03 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and expanded second edition of the standard work on new techniques for studying solid surfaces.