Dopant-modified local chemical bonding at a grain boundary in SrTiO3

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Tanaka, I [1 ]
Nakajima, T [1 ]
Kawai, J [1 ]
Adachi, H [1 ]
Gu, H [1 ]
Ruhle, M [1 ]
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST MET RES,D-70174 STUTTGART,GERMANY
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10.1080/095008397179877
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The chemical bonding at a grain boundary of an Fe3+-doped SrTiO3 bicrystal has been determined by a combination of spatially resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy and a first-principles molecular-orbital calculation. The near-edge structure of the O K-edge spectrum on the boundary shows that the manner of the TiO6 linkage is different from that in the bulk SrTiO3. The linkage changes locally from a corner-sharing to an edge-sharing configuration at the same time as the removal of Sr2+ ions from the boundary. This type of theoretical calculation is demonstrated to be a powerful tool for analysing the ELNES spectra without preconceived models.
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