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Title
Site-specific mapping of transition metal oxygen coordination in complex oxides
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Abstract
We demonstrate site-specific mapping of the oxygen coordination number for transition metals in complex oxides using atomically resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy in an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope. Pb2Sr2Bi2Fe6O16 contains iron with a constant Fe3+ valency in both octahedral and tetragonal pyramidal coordination and is selected to demonstrate the principle of site-specific coordination mapping. Analysis of the site-specific Fe-L2,3 data reveals distinct variations in the fine structure that are attributed to Fe in a six-fold (octahedron) or five-fold (distorted tetragonal pyramid) oxygen coordination. Using these variations, atomic resolution coordination maps are generated that are in excellent agreement with simulations.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Applied physics letters / American Institute of Physics. - New York, N.Y., 1962, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics , 2012
ISSN
0003-6951 [print]
1077-3118 [online]
DOI
10.1063/1.4770512
Volume/pages
101 :24 (2012) , 5 p.
Article Reference
241910
ISI
000312490000035
Medium
E-only publicatie
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Interfacing Oxides (IFOX).
Counting Atoms in Nanomaterials (COUNTATOMS).
Exploring electron vortex beams (VORTEX).
ESTEEM 2 - Enabling science and technology through European electron microscopy.
Multiferroics based on the Pb lone pair.
XANES meets ELNES: a study of heterogeneous materials at different length scales.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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