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Povzetek: Flexoelectricity – polarization induced by strain gradients – offers a route to polar functionality in centrosymmetric dielectrics, where traditional piezoelectric effects are absent. This study investigates the flexoelectric effect in epitaxial BaHfO3 (BHO) thin films, a centrosymmetric and paraelectric perovskite. While a large lattice mismatch induces defect-driven relaxation, a coherently grown BHO film undergoes elastic relaxation, forming intrinsic strain gradients exceeding 105 m−1. A 29-fold enhancement in spontaneous polarization is observed at an electric field of 4 MV cm−1 for BHO exhibiting a strain gradient compared to relaxed BHO. This enhancement is attributed to flexoelectric coupling, which is isolated from ferroelectric and piezoelectric contributions due to the centrosymmetric nature and the absence of phase transitions in BHO. The findings establish a clear link between engineered strain gradients and enhanced polarizability in oxide thin films, offering a benchmark system for deconvoluting the flexoelectric effect from other polar effects. These results provide a basis for exploiting flexoelectricity in dielectric devices and advance the fundamental understanding of strain-coupled phenomena in functional oxides.
Ključne besede: condensed matter physics, flexoelectricity, strain gradients, epitaxial oxide thin films
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 23.12.2025; Ogledov: 222; Prenosov: 64
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Povzetek: For the first time, a mixture of PbTe and Pb- and Te-oxides coated with carbon, under electron beam irradiation (EBI), was transformed into quantum dots, nanocrystals, nanoparticles and grains of PbTe with a sintered appearance. A small portion of non-stoichiometric phases was also obtained. By selecting conditions that favor the instantaneous transformation, the Gibbs free energy barrier is lowered for obtaining different PbTe structures. The driving force associated with the high-energy milling requires 4 h of processing time to reach a complete transformation, while a high-energy source kinetically affects precursor surfaces to cause an abrupt global chemical transformation instantly. Importantly, the size of the PbTe structures increases as they approach the irradiation point, implying a growth process that is affected by the local temperature reached during the EBI. Imaging after the EBI process revealed morphological variations in PbTe, which can be attractive for use in thermoelectric materials. The results of this study provide the first insights into electron-beam-induced reactions using a multiphase mixture of precursors. Therefore, it is believed that this proposal can also be applied to obtain other binary semiconductor structures, even ternary ones.
Ključne besede: semiconductor, multiphase mixture of precursors, rate of transformation
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 15.07.2025; Ogledov: 390; Prenosov: 263
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Povzetek: The influence of different curing temperatures on the hydration of belite-calcium sulfoaluminate cement was investigated at 20, 40 and 60 °C. The hydration kinetics and the hydrated phase assemblages were studied by isothermal calorimetry, X-ray powder diffraction, differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analysis, as well as field emission scanning electron microscopy. The compressive strength development of the cement pastes was also determined. Results showed that, at early ages, hydration was faster and early compressive strength was higher at elevated temperatures than at ambient temperature. On the other hand, at late ages in cement pastes cured at 60 °C, the amount of ettringite decreased, leading to lower compressive strength, indicating that the degree of hydration was lower at higher temperatures. Moreover, at elevated temperatures prismatic ettringite crystals became smaller due to faster hydration. Other hydration products present were aluminium hydroxide, which is formed together with ettringite from the hydration of calcium sulfoaluminate and gypsum, and C–S–H which precipitates as a main hydration product of belite. Belite hydrated in a lesser amount, especially at 60 °C, when the lowest amount of C–S–H was observed.
Ključne besede: hydration, cement, temperature, belite, calcium sulfoaluminate, open access, hidratacija, cement, temperatura, belit, kalcijev sulfoaluminat
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 04.08.2023; Ogledov: 1544; Prenosov: 986
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