Published September 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Structure determination of a planar defect in SrBi2Ta2O9

  • 1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)
  • 3. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)

Description

The atomic structure of a planar defect with a (001) habit plane in single crystal layered perovskite SrBi2Ta2O9 is determined by high-resolution Z-contrast imaging. We found that the defect forms a structure, with two Sr - Ta - O perovskite blocks connected by a metallic Sr2 plane, rather than a Bi2O2 layer as in the perfect crystal. This defect is expected to be an efficient hole trap and may have important implications for the electronic properties and the ferroelectric response of the SrBi2Ta2O9 material. copyright 1999 American Institute of Physics

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 1961-1963
ISSN
0003-6951
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