Observation of electrically-inactive interstitials in Nb-doped SrTiO 3

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4487-4494

  Jeong, Jong Seok ^a   Ambwani, Palak ^a   Jalan, Bharat ^a   Leighton, Chris ^a   Mkhoyan, K Andre ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

complex oxides; doping; interstitials; SrTiO3; STEM EELS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SCANNING-TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; BULK SINGLE CRYSTALS; COMPLEX OXIDES; DOPANT INCORPORATION; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; INTERSTITIALS; SRTIO; STEM/EELS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 84878274729     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401101y     Document Type: Article

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