Niobium segregation in niobium-doped titanium dioxide (Rutile)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11174-11185

  Atanacio, Armand J ^a,b   Bak, Tadeusz ^b   Nowotny, Janusz ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NIOBIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; NEAR-SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PROTON INDUCED X-RAY EMISSIONS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; RUTHERFORD BACK-SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODELING;

SURFACE SEGREGATION;

EID: 84901767972     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4110536     Document Type: Article

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