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Docta Complutense
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Pennycook, T. J.
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Oxley, M. P.
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Garcia Barriocanal, Javier
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Bruno, Flavio Yair
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León Yebra, Carlos
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Santamaría Sánchez-Barriga, Jacobo
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Pantelides, S. T.
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Varela Del Arco, María
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Pennycook, S. J.
2023-06-20T03:51:24Z
2023-06-20T03:51:24Z
2011-06
1286-0042
10.1051/epjap/2011100413
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2011100413
http://www.epjap.org/
Colossal ionic conductivity was recently discovered in YSZ/SrTiO_(3) multilayers and was explained in terms of strain- and interface-enhanced disorder of the O sublattice. In the present paper we use a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and theoretical EELS simulations to confirm the presence of a disordered YSZ O sublattice in coherent YSZ/SrTiO_(3) multilayers. O K-edge fine structure simulated for the strained disordered O sublattice phase of YSZ possesses blurred-out features compared to that of ordered cubic bulk YSZ, and experimental EELS fine structure taken from the strained YSZ of coherent YSZ/SrTiO_(3) thin films is similarly blurred out. Elemental mapping is shown to be capable of resolving ordered YSZ O sublattices. Elemental mapping of O in the coherent YSZ/STO multilayers is presented in which the O sublattice is seen to be clearly resolved in the STO but blurred out in the YSZ, indicating it to be disordered. In addition, we present imaging and EELS results which show that strained regions exist at the incoherent interfaces of YSZ islands in STO with blurred out fine structure, suggesting these incoherent regions may also support high ionic conductivities. Recently, Cavallaro et al. reported electronic conductivities in samples of incoherent disconnected islands embedded in STO that are similar to the islands described herein. The presence of a region of O depleted STO at the interface with incoherent YSZ islands is revealed by EELS elemental mapping, implying the n-type doping of STO/YSZ nanocomposites with disconnected incoherent YSZ islands.
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Seeing oxygen disorder in YSZ/SrTiO_(3) colossal ionic conductor heterostructures using EELS
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