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Author Zhang, Z.; Chen, X.; Shi, X.; Hu, Y.; Huang, J.; Liu, S.; Ren, Z.; Huang, H.; Han, G.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Tian, H. pdf  doi
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  Title Morphotropic phase boundary in pure perovskite lead titanate at room temperature Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2022 Publication Materials Today Nano Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue Pages 100275-5  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract For many decades, great efforts have been devoted to pursue a large piezoelectric response by an intelligent design of morphotropic phase boundaries (MPB) in solid solutions, where tetragonal (T) and rhombohedral (R) structures coexist. For example, classical PbZrxTi1-xO3 and Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals demonstrate a giant piezoelectric response near MPB. However, as the end member of these solids, perovskite-structured PbTiO3 always adopts the T phase at room temperature. Here, we report a pathway to create room temperature MPB in a single-phase PbTiO3. The uniaxial stress along the c-axis drives a T-R phase transition bridged by a monoclinic (M) phase, which facilitates a polarization rotation in the monodomain PbTiO3. Meanwhile, we demonstrate that the coexistence of T and R phases at room temperature can be achieved via an extremely mismatched heterointerface system. The uniaxial pressure is proved as an efficient way to break the inherent symmetry and able to substantially tailor the phase transition temperature Tc. These findings provide new insights into MPB, offering the opportunity to explore the giant piezoelectric response in single-phase materials. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.  
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  Language Wos 000906548600002 Publication Date 2022-10-18  
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  ISSN 2588-8420 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 10.3 Times cited Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 10.3  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:193477 Serial 7324  
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Author Tan, X.; McCabe, E.E.; Orlandi, F.; Manuel, P.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Deng, Z.; Jin, C.; Nowik, I.; Herber, R.; Segre, C.U.; Liu, S.; Croft, M.; Kang, C.-J.; Lapidus, S.; Frank, C.E.; Padmanabhan, H.; Gopalan, V.; Wu, M.; Li, M.-R.; Kotliar, G.; Walker, D.; Greenblatt, M. pdf  doi
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  Title MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 : an above-room-temperature antiferromagnetic semiconductor Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2019 Publication Journal of materials chemistry C : materials for optical and electronic devices Abbreviated Journal J Mater Chem C  
  Volume 7 Issue 3 Pages 509-522  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract A transition-metal-only MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 polycrystalline oxide was prepared by a reaction of starting materials MnO, MnO2, Fe2O3, RuO2 at 6 GPa and 1873 K for 30 minutes. A combination of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction refinements indicated that MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 adopts the corundum (alpha-Fe2O3) structure type with space group R (3) over barc, in which all metal ions are disordered. The centrosymmetric nature of the MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 structure is corroborated by transmission electron microscopy, lack of optical second harmonic generation, X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy, and Mossbauer spectroscopy. X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy of MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 showed the oxidation states of Mn, Fe, and Ru to be 2+/3+, 3+, and similar to 4+, respectively. Resistivity measurements revealed that MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 is a semiconductor. Magnetic measurements and magnetic structure refinements indicated that MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 orders antiferromagnetically around 400 K, with magnetic moments slightly canted away from the c axis. Fe-57 Mossbauer confirmed the magnetic ordering and Fe3+ (S = 5/2) magnetic hyperfine splitting. First principles calculations are provided to understand the electronic structure more thoroughly. A comparison of synthesis and properties of MnFe0.5Ru0.5O3 and related corundum Mn2BB'O-6 derivatives is discussed.  
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  Language Wos 000458780300004 Publication Date 2018-11-27  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 2050-7526; 2050-7534 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 5.256 Times cited 1 Open Access Not_Open_Access  
  Notes ; M. G. thanks the NSF-DMR-1507252 grant of the United States. X. T. was supported by the “Center for Computational Design of Functional Strongly Correlated Materials and Theoretical Spectroscopy'' under DOE Grant No. DE-FOA-0001276. G. K. and C. J. K. were supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. MRCAT operations are supported by the Department of Energy and the MRCAT member institutions. EEM is grateful to the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2017-362). M. R. Li and M. X. Wu are supported by the ”One Thousand Youth Talents'' Program of China. Use of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. Part of this research used the ISS, 8-ID and TES, 8-BM beamlines at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Brookhaven National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-SC0012704. Without the valuable aid/support of the NSLS-II staff scientists Eli Stavitski, Klaus Attenkofer, and Paul Northrup this phase of the work could not have been performed. The work at IOPCAS was supported by NSF & MOST of China through research projects. H. R. and V. G. acknowledge NSF-MRSEC Center for Nanoscale Science at Penn State through the grant number DMR-1420620. The authors would like to thank Ms Jean Hanley at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Columbia University for making the high-pressure assemblies. The authors acknowledge the science and technology facility council (STFC) UK for the provision of neutron beam time. The authors would like to thank Daniel Nye for help on the Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer instrument in the Materials Characterization Laboratory at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. ; Approved Most recent IF: 5.256  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:157564 Serial 5264  
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Author Lebedev, O.I.; Turner, S.; Liu, S.; Cool, P.; Van Tendeloo, G. pdf  doi
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  Title New nano-architectures of mesoporous silica spheres analyzed by advanced electron microscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2012 Publication Nanoscale Abbreviated Journal Nanoscale  
  Volume 4 Issue 5 Pages 1722-1727  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA)  
  Abstract Using template-containing silica microspheres as a precursor, novel ordered mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a narrow pore size distribution and high crystallinity have been synthesized by various hydrothermal merging processes. Several architectures like chains, dumbbells, triangles, squares and flowers have been discovered. The linking mechanisms of these interacting silica spheres leading to the formation of ordered nano-structures are studied by HRTEM, HAADF-STEM and electron tomography and a plausible model is presented for several merging processes.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Cambridge Editor  
  Language Wos 000300433700051 Publication Date 2011-12-21  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 2040-3364;2040-3372; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 7.367 Times cited 5 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 7.367; 2012 IF: 6.233  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:95038 Serial 2328  
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Author Liu, S.; Wei, M.; Sui, X.; Cheng, X.; Cool, P.; Van Tendeloo, G. pdf  doi
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  Title A scanning electron microscopy study on hollow silica microspheres: defects and influences of the synthesis composition Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2009 Publication Journal of sol-gel science and technology Abbreviated Journal J Sol-Gel Sci Techn  
  Volume 49 Issue 3 Pages 373-379  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA); Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Defects on hollow silica spheres synthesized in a tetraethylorthosilicate-octylamine-HCl-H2O system were recorded by scanning microscope. Based on the results, influences of synthesis composition on the formation of these defects are discussed. It is evidenced that products prepared with different octylamine-to-tetraethylorthosilicate ratios may have surface depressions, cracks and non-hollow microspheres. However, by changing water and acid additions, these defects could be reduced or eliminated. Generally, samples synthesized with a large octylamine addition commonly exhibit surface depressions. A small octylamine or a large water addition benefits the formation of solid silica microspheres among the product. Acid, although is not indispensable for the formation of hollow spheres, helps to eliminate or reduce depressions on the hollow shells. It is explained that the added acid gives rise to a relative localized fast hydrolysis versus condensation, facilitating an easy mobility of hydrolyzed silica species, and consequently the shell surface is smoothened.  
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  Publisher Kluwer Place of Publication Dordrecht Editor  
  Language Wos 000263260100015 Publication Date 2008-12-16  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0928-0707;1573-4846; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 1.575 Times cited 1 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.575; 2009 IF: 1.393  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:74962 Serial 2941  
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Author Liu, S.; Lebedev, O.I.; Mertens, M.; Meynen, V.; Cool, P.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Vansant, E.F. pdf  doi
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  Title The merging of silica-surfactant microspheres under hydrothermal conditions Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2008 Publication Microporous and mesoporous materials: zeolites, clays, carbons and related materials Abbreviated Journal Micropor Mesopor Mat  
  Volume 116 Issue Pages 141-146  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA)  
  Abstract Post-synthesis hydrothermal treatments have been used to improve the quality of MCM-41 materials. In our latest work, merging of surfactant-containing silica microspheres during the hydrothermal treatments was observed. Mechanistic insights and the different stages that are involved in the merging process can be summarized as follows. First, the surfaces of the starting microspheres open up due to the dissolution of silica. Then the dissolved silica species provide mass source for the formation of particle necks connecting two neighboring microspheres. Gradually, surfaces of the starting microspheres are flattened to meet the needs of further growth of the necks. Finally, some chain-like highly-ordered mesoporous structures up to several micrometers are formed. The observed merging of the surfactant-containing microspheres is a re-assembling process, which is under the control of electrostatic force between the dissolved silica species and the surfactant cations. The occluded surfactant cations in the precursor spheres play important roles in the merging process.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000261133600021 Publication Date 2008-04-13  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1387-1811; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.615 Times cited 5 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo; Goa Approved Most recent IF: 3.615; 2008 IF: 2.555  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:72021 Serial 1997  
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Author Liu, S.; Rao, J.; Sui, X.; Cool, P.; Vansant, E.F.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Cheng, X. pdf  doi
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  Title Preparation of hollow silica spheres with different mesostructures Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2008 Publication Journal of non-crystalline solids Abbreviated Journal J Non-Cryst Solids  
  Volume 354 Issue 10/11 Pages 826-830  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA); Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Hollow silica spheres were quickly synthesized by an octylamine (OA) templating method using tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as the silica source. N2-sorption results indicate that the hollow spheres have high surface areas and pore volumes. XRD and TEM measurements reveal that the structure of the hollow spheres depends on the amount of TEOS used in the synthesis. When low amount of TEOS is added, the template-containing precursor spheres depict an XRD pattern with two peaks, which can be indexed to a lamellar phase. After the removal of the template, the obtained hollow spheres show no diffraction peaks in the XRD pattern, suggesting that the nanopores in the silica shells are disordered. If increasing the amount of TEOS, either the uncalcined or the calcined sample gives an XRD pattern with a single diffraction peak. The mesostructure of these hollow silica spheres is typically as HMS materials. TGA analyses suggest that the interaction between the silica species and surfactant is stronger in the latter case.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000253216700003 Publication Date 2007-09-17  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0022-3093; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.124 Times cited 26 Open Access  
  Notes Gao Approved Most recent IF: 2.124; 2008 IF: 1.449  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:72018 Serial 2703  
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Author Liu, S.; Cool, P.; Collart, O.; van der Voort, P.; Vansant, E.F.; Lebedev, O.I.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Jiang, M. pdf  doi
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  Title The influence of the alcohol concentration on the structural ordering of mesoporous silica: cosurfactant versus cosolvent Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2003 Publication The journal of physical chemistry : B : condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces and biophysical Abbreviated Journal J Phys Chem B  
  Volume 107 Issue Pages 10405-10411  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Washington, D.C. Editor  
  Language Wos 000185401900013 Publication Date 2003-09-18  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 1520-6106;1520-5207; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 3.177 Times cited 134 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.177; 2003 IF: 3.679  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:46264 Serial 1643  
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