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The properties of Ni-doped strontium titanate are studied using X-ray diffraction and XAFS spectroscopy. It is shown that regardless of the preparation conditions, the SrTi1-xNixO3 solid solution and the NiTiO3 phase are the most stable…
XAFS studies of Ni-doped Ba$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$TiO$_3$ solid solution reveal that the Ni oxidation state changes from 4 in SrTiO$_3$ to 2.5 in BaTiO$_3$ when varying $x$. This change is accompanied by a noticeable change in the interatomic Ni-O…
We investigate the structural and magnetic phase transitions in EuTi1-xNbxO3 with synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS), and magnetization measurements. Upon Nb-doping, the Pm-3m to I4/mcm…
A series of Pb-free ferroelectric materials Ba0.9Sr0.1Ti1-xSnxO3 (BSTS-x) with 0 < x < 0.15 was successfully prepared via solid-state reaction method. The effect of Sn substitution on the crystal structure, microstructure, dielectric…
This research study the sol/gel synthesis of lithium-doped barium stannate titanate BaTi0.89Sn0.11O3 (BTS11) and investigates how varying composition with lithium affect its structural, morphological, ferroelectric, optical, and electrical…
The stability, electronic structure, optical and thermoelectric properties of Te-doped BaTiO3 are investigated by first-principal calculation based on the density functional theory and Boltzmann transport theory implemented in WIEN2K and…
The effect of Sr doping in BaTiO3 (BTO) with nominal compositions Ba0.80Sr0.20TiO3 (BSTO) have been explored in its structural, lattice vibration, dielectric, ferroelectric and electrocaloric properties. The temperature dependent dielectric…
The perovskite ruthenates (ARuO3, A = Ca, Ba, or Sr) exhibit unique properties owing to a subtle interplay of crystal structure and electronic-spin degrees of freedom. Here, we demonstrate an intriguing continuous tuning of crystal symmetry…
We synthesized strontium titanate SrTiO$_3$ (STO), Zr doped $\text{Sr}_\text{1-x}\text{Zr}_\text{x}\text{Ti}\text{O}_3$ and (Zr, Ni) co-doped $\text{Sr}_\text{1-x}\text{Zr}_\text{x}\text{Ti}_\text{1-y}\text{Ni}_\text{y}\text{O}_3$ samples…
In this report, the optical properties of Ta doped SrTiO3 (STO) due to its potential in transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) is explored by a combination of theoretical studies based on density functional theory and spectroscopic…
X-ray diffraction studies showed that the structure of (Sr$_{1-x}$Pr$_x$)TiO$_3$ solid solutions at 300 K changes from the cubic $Pm3m$ to the tetragonal $I4/mcm$ with increasing $x$. The analysis of XANES and EXAFS spectra of the solid…
Lithium doped sodium niobate is an ecofriendly piezoelectric material that exhibits a variety of structural phase transitions with composition and temperature. We have investigated the phase stabilities of an important composition…
The unique surface edge states make topological insulators a primary focus among different applications. In this article, we synthesized a large single crystal of Niobium(Nb)-doped Bi2Se3 topological insulator (TI) with a formula…
We have carried out systematic temperature-dependent neutron diffraction measurements in conjunction with dielectric spectroscopy from 6 to 300 K for sodium niobate based compounds (1-x) NaNbO3 -xBaTiO3 (NNBTx). The dielectric constant is…
Higher OH concentration is identified in tetragonal barium titanate (BaTiO$_3$) nanorods synthesized by a hydrothermal method with 10 vol% ethylene glycol solvent [Inada, M. $et$ $al$. $Ceram.$ $Int.$ $2015$, $41$, 5581-5587]. This is…
A new and known barium cerates doped by In and Ga were synthesized in air at 1700 K. The synthesis was performed by solid state reactions from BaCO3, CeO2, In2O3 or Ga2O3. X-ray diffraction profiles of the powdered samples were obtained…
Using density functional theory (DFT), this work explores barium zirconate doped with nitrogen. In addition, we used density functional theory (DFT) to study the BaZrO$_3$'s electrical, optical, and structural properties, and we found that…
Pulsed neutron diffraction investigations have been performed in the ferroelectric PZT system, Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3, doped with 1%wt. of Nb2O5, as a function of both temperature and composition. The study has been made in a wide range of…
Strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is widely used as a promising photocatalyst due to its unique band edge alignment with respect to the oxidation and reduction potential corresponding to oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution…
A Raman scattering spectroscopy study is reported through all four phases of a (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 crystal and ((K0.5Na0.5)1-xLix)NbO3 for x=0.02 and 0.03. The transitions among the ferroelectric phases in the Li-free crystal are homogeneous…