Self-assembled periodic nanoporous network in multifunctional Zr O2 -Ce O2 - (La0.8 Sr0.2) Mn O3 composites

Vaneet Sharma, Jiechao Jiang, Maria Hossu, Ali R. Koymen, Shashank Priya

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Abstract

This letter reports the structural characteristics of the self-assembled surface nanostructure in the 0.75 wt % (Zr0.88 Ce0.12) O2 -0.25 wt % (La0.8 Sr0.2) Mn O3 ceramics. The surface consists of periodic porous network with islandlike structures occurring at the triple boundary junctions. The pores were found to have the diameter in the range of 150-200 nm with the thickness of the porous surface layer of the order of 100 nm. The pore distribution was quasiperiodic with the spacing in the range of 50-150 nm. The formation of the nanoporous network is correlated to the structural transformation occurring in Zr O2 system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number123110
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume90
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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