Lou, X. J. and Hu, X. B. and Zhang, M. and Redfern, S. A. T. and Kafadaryan, E. A. and Scott, J. F. (2005) Nano-shorts. Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 10 (3). pp. 197-204. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10584580500413772
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Abstract
Micro-Raman and electron nano-probe techniques are used to show that lead zirconate-titanate (PZT) and samarium-doped bismuth titanate undergo local phase transformations during electrical shorting. In PZT dendrite-like shorts of a few microns diameter, produced by extreme bipolar voltage cycling fatigue, are mapped spectroscopically in 1 µm2 areas and exhibit almost pure regions of α-PbO, β-PbO and rutile TiO2. [Note that β-PbO is not the stable ambient phase.] Similarly, the Sm-doped bismuth titanate converts under large dc voltages from layered-perovskite structure to a pyrochlore structure during filamentary electrical breakdown, with the loss of Bi. The results complement the very recent hot luminescence study of J. C. Tsang and B. P. Lindner, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (2004) 4641 in related thin-film gate oxides.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 2005 AREP 2005 P IA49 |
| Divisions: | 03 - Mineral Sciences |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Reviews on Advanced Materials Science |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Page Range: | pp. 197-204 |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10584580500413772 |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Humbert |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2011 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2013 09:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/1729 |
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