Nonstoichiometry and the electrical activity of grain boundaries in SrTiO3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 4056-4059

  Kim, Miyoung ^a,b   Duscher, Gerd ^a,c   Browning, Nigel D ^b   Sohlberg, Karl ^a   Pantelides, Sokrates T ^a,c   Pennycook, Stephen J ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; NONSTOICHIOMETRY; POLYCRYSTALLINE OXIDES;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 4243399610     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4056     Document Type: Article

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