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Electron microscope study of the structure of SrMnO3−x with planar defect

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Structures of some phases in the SrMnO3−x system accompanied by planar defect were studied using a high resolution electron microscope. A four-layer structure with a hexagonal unit cell was found to have an oxygen deficiency in some degree followed by planar defects normal to the c-axis which are classified into several types. On the basis of observed images showing an irregular stacking along the c-axis in the hexagonal unit, the distribution and the origin of the planar defect are discussed. A structure image showed the transformation of the four-layer phase into a nonstoichiometric state and a shear structure with a displacement vector of i occurring between the face-sharing octahedra. Experiment by in situ observation during beam irradiation in an electron microscope indicates the process of the formation of the planar defect. A mechanism for the formation of the planar defect is proposed by which oxygen deficiency in face-sharing octahedra induces the displacement of SrO3 layers and oxygen octahedra which reduce the coordination number of Mn ions and the disruption of face-sharing octahedra.

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Shibahara, H. Electron microscope study of the structure of SrMnO3−x with planar defect. Journal of Materials Research 6, 565–573 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1991.0565

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