The structure of grain boundaries in strontium titanate: Theory, simulation, and electron microscopy

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 557-599

  Von Alfthan, Sebastian ^a   Benedek, Nicole A ^b   Chen, Lin ^b   Chua, Alvin ^b   Cockayne, David ^c   Dudeck, Karleen J ^c   Elsässer, Christian ^d,e   Finnis, Michael W ^b   Koch, Christoph T ^f   Rahmati, Behnaz ^f   Rühle, Manfred ^f   Shih, Shao Ju ^c   Sutton, Adrian P ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

genetic algorithm; HAADF; holography; HRTEM; interatomic potential; quaternion

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC COLUMNS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HAADF; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; HRTEM; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; LOW ENERGIES; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; QUATERNION; SRTIO; STRONTIUM TITANATE; THEORETICAL MODELS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77956184236     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-010510-104604     Document Type: Article

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