Comment on "Diffraction Method Detection of Local Lattice Distortion in AlN Ceramics by Convergent Beam Electron"

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 1982-1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Callahan
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Local Lattice Distortion ◽  
Beam Electron ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Convergent Beam

Strain measurement in In0.2Ga0.8As/GaAs quantum wires by convergent beam electron diffraction

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 444-445
Author(s):  
S. Hillyard ◽  
Y.-P. Chen ◽  
J.D. Reed ◽  
W.J. Schaff ◽  
L.F. Eastman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Semiconductor Lasers ◽  
Quantum Wire ◽  
Quantum Wires ◽  
Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
Beam Electron ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Convergent Beam

The positions of high-order Laue zone (HOLZ) lines in the zero order disc of convergent beam electron diffraction (CBED) patterns are extremely sensitive to local lattice parameters. With proper care, these can be measured to a level of one part in 104 in nanometer sized areas. Recent upgrades to the Cornell UHV STEM have made energy filtered CBED possible with a slow scan CCD, and this technique has been applied to the measurement of strain in In0.2Ga0.8 As wires.Semiconductor quantum wire structures have attracted much interest for potential device applications. For example, semiconductor lasers with quantum wires should exhibit an improvement in performance over quantum well counterparts. Strained quantum wires are expected to have even better performance. However, not much is known about the true behavior of strain in actual structures, a parameter critical to their performance.

Local Lattice Distortion and Chemical Short Range Order in High Entropy Alloys

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Yuan Tan ◽  
Ming-Yao Su ◽  
Zhou-Can Xie ◽  
Zhong-Jun Chen ◽  
Yu Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Range ◽  
Short Range Order ◽  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Range Order ◽  
High Entropy Alloys ◽  
Local Lattice Distortion ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Local Lattice

scholarly journals Element-resolved local lattice distortion in complex concentrated alloys: An observable signature of electronic effects

2021 ◽  
pp. 117135
Author(s):  
Hyun Seok Oh ◽  
Khorgolkhuu Odbadrakh ◽  
Yuji Ikeda ◽  
Sai Mu ◽  
Fritz Körmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Electronic Effects ◽  
Local Lattice Distortion ◽  
Local Lattice

Three-phase structure invariants and structure factors determined with the quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction method

1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Høier ◽  
C. R. Birkeland ◽  
R. Holmestad ◽  
K Marthinsen
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Phase Structure ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction ◽  
Beam Electron ◽  
Structure Factors ◽  
Refinement Method ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Phase Sensitive ◽  
Convergent Beam

Quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction is used to determine structure factors and three-phase structure invariants. The refinements are based on centre-disc intensities only. An algorithm for parameter-sensitive pixel sampling of experimental intensities is implemented in the refinement procedure to increase sensitivity and computer speed. Typical three-beam effects are illustrated for the centrosymmetric case. The modified refinement method is applied to determine amplitudes and three-phase structure invariants in noncentrosymmetric InP. The accuracy of the results is shown to depend on the choice of the initial parameters in the refinement. Even unrealistic starting assumptions and incorrect temperature factor lead to stable results for the structure invariant. The examples show that the accuracy varies from 1 to 10° in the electron three-phase invariants determined and from 0.5 to 5% for the amplitudes. Individual phases could not be determined in the present case owing to spatial intensity correlations between phase-sensitive pixels. However, for the three-phase structure invariant, stable solutions were found.

Theoretical Study of the Local Lattice Distortion at the Trigonal Cr3+ Center in BiI3

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao-Yi Wu ◽  
Xiu-Ying Gao ◽  
Hui-Ning Dong
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Impurity Center ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Pure Crystal ◽  
Local Lattice Distortion ◽  
Trigonal Symmetry ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Epr Parameters ◽  
Local Angle

The local lattice distortion at the trigonal Cr3+ center in BiI3 is theoretically studied by the perturbation formulas of the EPR parameters for a 3d3 ion in trigonal symmetry, based on the cluster approach. In these formulas the contributions from the s-orbitals of the ligands, which were often ignored, are taken into account. It is found that the local angle β (between the direction of the impurityligand bonding R and the C3 axis) in the impurity center is smaller than the host angle βH in the pure crystal. The calculated EPR parameters are improved compared to those in absence of the ligand s-orbital contributions. The local lattice distortion obtained in this work is discussed.

scholarly journals Lattice Distortion and Phase Stability of Pd-Doped NiCoFeCr Solid-Solution Alloys

Entropy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuxiang Zhang ◽  
Yang Tong ◽  
Ke Jin ◽  
Hongbin Bei ◽  
William Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Local Lattice Distortion ◽  
X Ray ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Pd Doping ◽  
Fcc Phase ◽  
The Stability

In the present study, we have revealed that (NiCoFeCr)100−xPdx (x= 1, 3, 5, 20 atom%) high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have both local- and long-range lattice distortions by utilizing X-ray total scattering, X-ray diffraction, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure methods. The local lattice distortion determined by the lattice constant difference between the local and average structures was found to be proportional to the Pd content. A small amount of Pd-doping (1 atom%) yields long-range lattice distortion, which is demonstrated by a larger (200) lattice plane spacing than the expected value from an average structure, however, the degree of long-range lattice distortion is not sensitive to the Pd concentration. The structural stability of these distorted HEAs under high-pressure was also examined. The experimental results indicate that doping with a small amount of Pd significantly enhances the stability of the fcc phase by increasing the fcc-to-hcp transformation pressure from ~13.0 GPa in NiCoFeCr to 20–26 GPa in the Pd-doped HEAs and NiCoFeCrPd maintains its fcc lattice up to 74 GPa, the maximum pressure that the current experiments have reached.

Studies on the Local Structure and the Spin Hamiltonian Parameters for Co2+ in CaTiO3

2008 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Duo Lu ◽  
Shao Yi Wu ◽  
Hua Ming Zhang ◽  
Li Hua Wei
Keyword(s):  
Local Structure ◽  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Impurity Center ◽  
Orthorhombic Symmetry ◽  
Spin Hamiltonian ◽  
Orthorhombic Distortion ◽  
Local Lattice Distortion ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Crystal Field Parameters ◽  
Hamiltonian Parameters

The local structure and the spin Hamiltonian parameters g factors gi (i =x, y and z) and the hyperfine structure constants Ai for Co2+ in orthorhombic CaTiO3 are theoretically investigated from diagonalization of 6 × 6 energy matrix within the 4T1 ground state for a 3d7 ion in orthorhombic symmetry. In the calculations, the contributions from the admixtures of various J states (J=1/2, 3/2, 5/2), the ligand orbitals and spin-orbit coupling and the fourth-order orthorhombic field parameter, which were usually neglected in the previous works, are taken into account. The crystal-field parameters are determined from the superposition model in consideration of the suitable lattice distortion due to the charge and size mismatching substitution of Ti4+ by Co2+. Based on the studies, the bond lengths R1 and R2 in the xy plane are estimated to suffer the relative alternation R ≈ 5.4%, yielding more significant orthorhombic distortion in the impurity center as compared with that for the host Ti4+ site in pure crystal. The calculation results based on the above local lattice distortion show reasonable agreement with the observed values. The various contributions to the spin Hamiltonian parameters are discussed. Present studies may theoretically verify that the impurity Co2+ occupies the 6-fold coordinated Ti4+ site rather than the 12-fold coordinated Ca2+ site, associated with the enhanced orthorhombic distortion due to the mismatching substitution.

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