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Microstructure, structural defects, and piezoelectric response of bismuth titanate (Bi4Ti3O12)(1-x) and bismuth titanium niobate (Bi3TiNbO9)(x) solid solution with x=0.05 and 0.2 were investigated. Depending on x and on the sintering temperature different ...
Nickel-aluminium intermetallics constitute interesting systems for the study of irradiation-induced phase transformations (order → disorder, amorphization) and production of defects. Irradiation of ordered intermetallics may induce disorder or amorphizatio ...
The behavior of alpha-quartz under hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic high-pressure conditions has been investigated in molecular dynamics simulations of silica in order to clarify the role of nonhydrostatic stresses in the amorphization process. It is shown t ...
The density of states at the Fermi level N(E-F) has been measured on hydrogenated polymorphous (pm-Si:H) silicon samples using both capacitance measurements on Schottky barriers and space-charge-limited current measurements on n(+)/i/n(+) structures. From ...
We have grown high-electron mobility transistor structures in the Al0.3Ga0.7As/In0.25Ga0.75As/GaAs material system with In0.25Ga0.75As channel thicknesses in the range 40-200 Angstrom. We have monitored the onset of channel relaxation using Hall mobility m ...
We investigated the effects of disorder in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x high temperature superconductor. We found that small defect densities already suppress the characteristic spectral signature of the superconducting state. The spectral line shape clearly reflects n ...
A high density of small defect clusters, similar to those observed in irradiated or quenched metals. has been observed in the deformed f.c.c. metals Cu, Au and Ni. The preliminary results show that the defect clusters are predominantly stacking fault tetra ...
We investigated the effect of disorder on the spectral properties of the high temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x. We find that small defect densities, in the low 10(-3) range, already suppress the characteristic spectral signature of the supercondu ...
It is well established that clusters of both vacancies and self-interstitial atoms (SIAs) are produced in displacement cascades. Ample evidence has also been presented showing that SIAs produced in the form of small dislocation loops may be highly glissile ...
a-Si:H i-layers were deposited at different substrate temperatures and plasma excitation frequencies, while the other deposition parameters were kept constant. These layers were characterised by measuring the intrinsic mechanical stress and the defect dens ...