Divergent short- and long-range behavior in ion-irradiated<sub> </sub>δ-Sc<sub>4</sub>Hf<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub>



Patel, Maulik K ORCID: 0000-0002-3214-5752, Sickafus, Kurt E and Baldinozzi, Gianguido
(2020) Divergent short- and long-range behavior in ion-irradiated<sub> </sub>δ-Sc<sub>4</sub>Hf<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub>. PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS, 4 (9). 093605-.

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Abstract

Ion irradiation experiments and quantitative x-ray diffraction analysis were used to demonstrate that the lattice and structure behave very differently in a complex oxide, δ-Sc4Hf3O12, under irradiation. Analysis of the structure reveals that with increasing fluence, the characteristic c/a ratio for the δ phase converges to that of an ideal fluorite phase, whereas locally it produces a metaphase consisting of frozen nanoscale structures having bixbyite-like flavor that increase the overall stability and radiation response of the apparent long-range oxygen-deficient average fluorite structure.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2020 08:11
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 13:25
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.093605
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3097588