Hydrophilic Surface-Driven Crystalline Grain Growth of Perovskites on Metal Oxides

Author(s):  
Abraha Tadese Gidey ◽  
Elias Assayehegn ◽  
Jung Yong Kim
1966 ◽  
Vol 74 (847) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Shuzo KATO ◽  
Takeo IGA ◽  
Eiichi ISHII ◽  
Shiro SANO
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1992 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. BjÖrklund ◽  
L. K. L. Falk ◽  
J. WasÉn ◽  
J. E. Adlerborn ◽  
H. T. Larker

ABSTRACTThe microstructures of unreinforced and reinforced Si3N4 ceramics have been characterized by analytical electron microscopy in combination with quantitative microscopy. Special attention was paid to the effect which different additives, viz. metal oxides and SiC- and β-Si3N4-whiskers, have upon matrix morphology and intergranular microstructure. It was demonstrated that SiC-whiskers may suppress Si3N4 grain growth while an addition of β-Si3N4-whiskers results in a coarser Si3N4 microstructure. The different microstructures have been related to the mechanical properties of the ceramics.


Author(s):  
B. B. Rath ◽  
J. E. O'Neal ◽  
R. J. Lederich

Addition of small amounts of erbium has a profound effect on recrystallization and grain growth in titanium. Erbium, because of its negligible solubility in titanium, precipitates in the titanium matrix as a finely dispersed second phase. The presence of this phase, depending on its average size, distribution, and volume fraction in titanium, strongly inhibits the migration of grain boundaries during recrystallization and grain growth, and thus produces ultimate grains of sub-micrometer dimensions. A systematic investigation has been conducted to study the isothermal grain growth in electrolytically pure titanium and titanium-erbium alloys (Er concentration ranging from 0-0.3 at.%) over the temperature range of 450 to 850°C by electron microscopy.


Author(s):  
R. Ai ◽  
H.-J. Fan ◽  
L. D. Marks

It has been known for a long time that electron irradiation induces damage in maximal valence transition metal oxides such as TiO2, V2O5, and WO3, of which transition metal ions have an empty d-shell. This type of damage is excited by electronic transition and can be explained by the Knoteck-Feibelman mechanism (K-F mechanism). Although the K-F mechanism predicts that no damage should occur in transition metal oxides of which the transition metal ions have a partially filled d-shell, namely submaximal valence transition metal oxides, our recent study on ReO3 shows that submaximal valence transition metal oxides undergo damage during electron irradiation.ReO3 has a nearly cubic structure and contains a single unit in its cell: a = 3.73 Å, and α = 89°34'. TEM specimens were prepared by depositing dry powders onto a holey carbon film supported on a copper grid. Specimens were examined in Hitachi H-9000 and UHV H-9000 electron microscopes both operated at 300 keV accelerating voltage. The electron beam flux was maintained at about 10 A/cm2 during the observation.


Author(s):  
R. E. Franck ◽  
J. A. Hawk ◽  
G. J. Shiflet

Rapid solidification processing (RSP) is one method of producing high strength aluminum alloys for elevated temperature applications. Allied-Signal, Inc. has produced an Al-12.4 Fe-1.2 V-2.3 Si (composition in wt pct) alloy which possesses good microstructural stability up to 425°C. This alloy contains a high volume fraction (37 v/o) of fine nearly spherical, α-Al12(Fe, V)3Si dispersoids. The improved elevated temperature strength and stability of this alloy is due to the slower dispersoid coarsening rate of the silicide particles. Additionally, the high v/o of second phase particles should inhibit recrystallization and grain growth, and thus reduce any loss in strength due to long term, high temperature annealing.The focus of this research is to investigate microstructural changes induced by long term, high temperature static annealing heat-treatments. Annealing treatments for up to 1000 hours were carried out on this alloy at 500°C, 550°C and 600°C. Particle coarsening and/or recrystallization and grain growth would be accelerated in these temperature regimes.


Author(s):  
Michel Fialin ◽  
Guy Rémond

Oxygen-bearing minerals are generally strong insulators (e.g. silicates), or if not (e.g. transition metal oxides), they are included within a rock matrix which electrically isolates them from the sample holder contacts. In this respect, a thin carbon layer (150 Å in our laboratory) is evaporated on the sections in order to restore the conductivity. For silicates, overestimated oxygen concentrations are usually noted when transition metal oxides are used as standards. These trends corroborate the results of Bastin and Heijligers on MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2. According to our experiments, these errors are independent of the accelerating voltage used (fig.l).Owing to the low density of preexisting defects within the Al2O3 single-crystal, no significant charge buildup occurs under irradiation at low accelerating voltage (< 10keV). As a consequence, neither beam instabilities, due to electrical discharges within the excited volume, nor losses of energy for beam electrons before striking the sample, due to the presence of the electrostatic charge-induced potential, are noted : measurements from both coated and uncoated samples give comparable results which demonstrates that the carbon coating is not the cause of the observed errors.


1977 ◽  
Vol 38 (C1) ◽  
pp. C1-333-C1-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. CAVALLOTTI ◽  
R. ROBERTI ◽  
G. CAIRONI ◽  
G. ASTI

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-404
Author(s):  
G.S. Dragan ◽  
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K.V. Kolesnikov ◽  
V.M. Ulianytskyi ◽  
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