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Li C, Habler G, Griffiths T, Rečnik A, Jeřábek P, Götze LC, Mangler C, Pennycook TJ, Meyer J, Abart R. Structure evolution of h.c.p./c.c.p. metal oxide interfaces in solid-state reactions. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES 2018; 74:466-480. [PMID: 30182934 DOI: 10.1107/s205327331800757x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The structure of crystalline interfaces plays an important role in solid-state reactions. The Al2O3/MgAl2O4/MgO system provides an ideal model system for investigating the mechanisms underlying the migration of interfaces during interface reaction. MgAl2O4 layers have been grown between Al2O3 and MgO, and the atomic structure of Al2O3/MgAl2O4 interfaces at different growth stages was characterized using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. The oxygen sublattice transforms from hexagonal close-packed (h.c.p.) stacking in Al2O3 to cubic close-packed (c.c.p.) stacking in MgAl2O4. Partial dislocations associated with steps are observed at the interface. At the reaction-controlled early growth stages, such partial dislocations coexist with the edge dislocations. However, at the diffusion-controlled late growth stages, such partial dislocations are dominant. The observed structures indicate that progression of the Al2O3/MgAl2O4 interface into Al2O3 is accomplished by the glide of partial dislocations accompanied by the exchange of Al3+ and Mg2+ cations. The interface migration may be envisaged as a plane-by-plane zipper-like motion, which repeats along the interface facilitating its propagation. MgAl2O4 grains can adopt two crystallographic orientations with a twinning orientation relationship, and grow by dislocations gliding in opposite directions. Where the oppositely propagating partial dislocations and interface steps meet, interlinked twin boundaries and incoherent Σ3 grain boundaries form. The newly grown MgAl2O4 grains compete with each other, leading to a growth selection and successive coarsening of the MgAl2O4 grains. This understanding could help to interpret the interface reaction or phase transformation of a wide range of materials that exhibit a similar h.c.p./c.c.p. transition.
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- C Li
- Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department for Nanostructured Materials, Joǽef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, Prague, 12843, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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Costanzo T, Benzi F, Ghigna P, Pin S, Spinolo G, d'Acapito F. Studying the surface reaction between NiO and Al2O3 via total reflection EXAFS (ReflEXAFS). JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2014; 21:395-400. [PMID: 24562561 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577513031299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The reaction between NiO and (0001)- and (1102)-oriented Al2O3 single crystals has been investigated on model experimental systems by using the ReflEXAFS technique. Depth-sensitive information is obtained by collecting data above and below the critical angle for total reflection. A systematic protocol for data analysis, based on the recently developed CARD code, was implemented, and a detailed description of the reactive systems was obtained. In particular, for (1102)-oriented Al2O3, the reaction with NiO is almost complete after heating for 6 h at 1273 K, and an almost uniform layer of spinel is found below a mixed (NiO + spinel) layer at the very upmost part of the sample. In the case of the (0001)-oriented Al2O3, for the same temperature and heating time, the reaction shows a lower advancement degree and a residual fraction of at least 30% NiO is detected in the ReflEXAFS spectra.
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- Tommaso Costanzo
- INSTM and Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, I27100 Pavia, Italy
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- School of Science and Technology, Geology Division, University of Camerino, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
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- INSTM and Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, I27100 Pavia, Italy
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- General Energy Research (ENE), Laboratory for Bioenergy and Catalysis, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- INSTM and Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, I27100 Pavia, Italy
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Korte C, Farrer JK, Ravishankar N, Michael JR, Schmalzried H, Carter CB. On the Influence of Applied Fields on Spinel Formation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-586-151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACTInterfaces play an important role in determining the effect of electric fields on the mechanism of the formation of spinel by solid-state reaction. The reaction occurs by the movement of phase boundaries but the rate of this movement can be affected by grain boundaries in the reactants or in the reaction product. Only by understanding these relationships will it be possible to engineer their behavior. As a particular example of such a study, Mgln2O4 can be formed by the reaction between single-crystal MgO substrate and a thin film of In2O3with or without an applied electric field. High-resolution backscattered electron (BSE) imaging and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been used to obtain complementary chemical and crystallographic information.
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