Nano-shorts

Xiaojie Lou; Xiaobing Hu; Ming Zhang; S. A.T. Redfern; E. A. Kafadaryan; J. F. Scott

Nano-shorts

Xiaojie Lou^*, Xiaobing Hu, Ming Zhang, S. A.T. Redfern, E. A. Kafadaryan, J. F. Scott

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Abstract

Micro-Raman and electron nano-probe techniques are used to show that lead zirconatetitanate (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 μ ² 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-like structure during filamentary electrical breakdown, with the loss of Bi.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-204
Number of pages	8
Journal	Reviews on Advanced Materials Science
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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