Picometer polar atomic displacements in strontium titanate determined by resonant X-ray diffraction

oleh: Carsten Richter, Matthias Zschornak, Dmitri Novikov, Erik Mehner, Melanie Nentwich, Juliane Hanzig, Semën Gorfman, Dirk C. Meyer

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-01-01

Deskripsi

It is a challenge to measure changes in the crystal structures in picometer scale and the associated phase. Here the authors demonstrate the lattice expansion and polar distortions of oxygen deficient SrTiO3 using a resonance X-ray scattering technique.