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In light of the recent discovery of giant electrostriction in defective fluorites, here we investigate the interplay between mechanical, electrochemical and electromechanical properties of oxygen defective ceria compositions as the effect…
In this work, we characterized gadolinium oxide films deposited on silicon by high pressure sputtering with a two-step process: first, we sputtered metallic gadolinium in an argon atmosphere and then, we performed an in-situ plasma…
Some oxygen defective metal oxides, such as cerium and bismuth oxides, have recently shown exceptional electrostrictive properties that are even superior to the best performing lead-based electrostrictors, e.g. lead-magnesium-niobates…
Highly oxygen defective cerium oxide, e.g. Gd-doped ceria is a sustainable non-classical electrostrictor with electromechanical properties that are superior to lead-based piezoelectric metal oxides. Here, we report electrostriction in…
The efficacy of the electrical conductivity relaxation (ECR) technique for investigating the oxygen transport properties of mixed conducting oxides has been evaluated. Fifteen mol% samarium doped ceria (SDC15), for which approximate values…
Rare-earth doped form, ceria (CeO2) is of interest as a potential candidate for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) because of its relatively high oxygen ion conductivity at temperatures below 600 {\deg}C. At the present time, computational…
Ce3+ doped oxide materials are promising for optical emission in the green spectral range. The growth of CaSc2O4:Ce3+ single crystals is reported here for the first time. Laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) proved to be suitable for this…
Nonstoichiometric ceria(CeO$_{2-\delta}$) is a candidate reaction medium to facilitate two step water splitting cycles and generate hydrogen. Improving upon its thermodynamic suitability through doping requires an understanding of its…
Thin gadolinium metallic layers were deposited by high-pressure sputtering in pure Ar atmosphere. Subsequently, in situ thermal oxidation was performed at temperatures ranging from 150 to 750 $^\circ$C. At an oxidation temperature of 500…
In this paper, we demonstrate a proof-of-concept oxygen sensor based on the thermoelectric principle using polycrystalline $GdBaCo_2O_{5+\delta}$ where 0.45<${\delta}$<0.55 (GDCO). The lattice oxygen in layered double perovskite oxides is…
This article studies the physical and electrical behavior of Gd2-xScxO3 layers grown by high pressure sputtering from metallic Gd and Sc targets. The aim is to obtain a high permittivity dielectric for microelectronic applications. The…
We study the thermal diffusion coefficient DT of a charged colloid in a temperature gradient, and find that it is to a large extent determined by the thermoelectric response of the electrolyte solution. The thermally induced salinity…
High k gadolinium oxide thin layers were deposited on silicon by high-pressure sputtering (HPS). In order to optimize the properties for microelectronic applications, different deposition conditions were used. Ti (scavenger) and Pt…
The phenomenally large enhancement in conductivity observed when Li-doped MgO crystals are oxidized at elevated temperatures was investigated by dc and ac electrical measurements in the temperature interval 250-673 K. The concentration of…
The exploitation of advanced materials for novel energy, health and computing applications requires fundamental understanding of enabling physicochemical mechanisms, including ionic and electronic conductivity, defect formation processes…
The cubic (c) and monoclinic (m) polymorphs of Gd2O3 were studied using the combined analysis of several materials science techniques - X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and…
Oxide interfaces play very important roles for the physical and chemical properties of nanostructured materials, such as an ionic conductivity, superconductivity, and magnetism. Gadolinia-doped Ceria (GDC) is commonly selected as the…
The parity nonconservation effect on the radiative recombination of electrons with heavy hydrogenlike ions is studied. Calculations are performed for the recombination into the $2^1S_0$ state of helium-like thorium and gadolinium, where,…
High quality electron-doped HTSC single crystals of $\rm Pr_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4+\delta}$ and $\rm Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4+\delta}$ have been successfully grown by the container-free traveling solvent floating zone technique. The optimally doped…
This paper concerns the study of zirconium oxidation under irradiation with high energetic Xe ions. The irradiations were performed on the IRRSUD beam line at GANIL (Caen). The oxygen partial pressure was fixed at 10$^{-3}$ Pa and two…