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Defects on Strontium Titanate

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Transition metal oxides sharing the perovskite structure exhibit many scientifically interesting and technologically important phenomena, and defects in these materials play a critical role in determining their properties. In the most general sense, SrTiO3 is a suitable model system for the study of defects in perovskite oxide materials. This chapter reviews common surface and defect structures in SrTiO3, and concludes with a discussion of defect diffusion.

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    Matthew S. J. Marshall

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

    Andres E. Becerra-Toledo & Laurence D. Marks

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Marshall, M.S.J., Becerra-Toledo, A.E., Marks, L.D., Castell, M.R. (2015). Defects on Strontium Titanate. In: Jupille, J., Thornton, G. (eds) Defects at Oxide Surfaces. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 58. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14367-5_11

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