Simultaneous visualization of oxygen vacancies and the accompanying cation shifts in a perovskite oxide by combining annular imaging techniques

Shunsuke Kobayashi, Scott D. Findlay, Naoya Shibata, Teruyasu Mizoguchi, Yukio Sato, Eiji Okunishi, Yuichi Ikuhara, Takahisa Yamamoto

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Abstract

The defect structures around oxygen vacancies in perovskite-type oxides play very important roles in determining material properties through the change of the electronic state. Therefore, from the viewpoint of developing condensed matter physics and technological applications, it is crucial to obtain direct images of these structures. We report the simultaneous visualization of oxygen vacancies and the cation shifts around them in perovskite-type manganite by scanning transmission electron microscopy. The defective structure of the material makes it amenable to using Fourier analysis to obtain important structural information like the oxygen vacancy locations and the shift of nearby cation columns.

Original languageEnglish
Article number193112
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume100
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 7 2012
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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