Defects and Surface-Induced Effects in Advanced Perovskites

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quantum Mechanical Modelling of Pure and Defective KNbO 3 Perovskites....Pages 3-16
First-Principles Simulation of Substitutional Defects in Perovskites....Pages 17-26
Point Defects, Dielectric Relaxation and Conductivity in Ferroelectric Perovskites....Pages 27-36
Use and Limitations of the Shell Model in Calculations on Perovskites....Pages 37-48
What Can We Learn About Perfect and Defective MgO (001) Surface Using Density Functional Theory?....Pages 49-60
Defect Calculations for Yttrium Aluminum Perovskite and Garnet Crystals....Pages 61-66
Theoretical Studies of Impurity Doped and Undoped BaTiO 3 and SrTiO 3 Crystals....Pages 67-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
EPR Investigations of Small Electron and Hole Polarons in Oxide Perovskites....Pages 75-88
Nb 4+ Polaron and Ti 3+ Shallow Donor Jahn-Teller Centers in LiNbO 3 Systems....Pages 89-100
Polarons and Bipolarons in Oxides....Pages 101-112
Structural Distortions and Oxygen Local Dynamic Instabilities in Superconducting Perovskites....Pages 113-124
Subpicosecond Laser Spectroscopy of Blue-Light-Induced Absorption in KNbO 3 and LiNbO 3 ....Pages 125-138
Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy of Perovskite-Type Compounds....Pages 139-144
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of (Pb 1-x La x )(Zr 0.65 Ti 0.35 )O 3 at the Zr K and Pb L 3 Edges....Pages 145-150
IR Spectroscopy of Monoclinic Tungsten Oxide....Pages 151-154
Low Temperature Optical Absorption by Magnons in KNiF 3 and NiO Single-Crystals....Pages 155-160
The Metastable Superior Phases in Bi-2212 Perovskite-Like High-Temperature Superconductor....Pages 161-166
Surface-Induced Drift and Selforganization Features of Microwave Losses in High-T c Superconductor Perovskites....Pages 167-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
QM Study on Transition Metal Perovskites....Pages 175-195
Chemisorption by Simple Oxide Surfaces....Pages 197-208
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Theoretical Simulations of Surface Relaxation for Perovskite Titanates....Pages 209-220
Wetting of Domain Walls in Perovskites....Pages 221-232
Ferroelectric Soft-Mode Spectroscopy in Disordered Bulk and Thin — Film Perovskites....Pages 233-248
Metals on Metal Oxides: Study of Adsorption Mechanisms with the Metastable Impact Electron Spectroscopy (MIES)....Pages 249-259
Properties of Multi Phase Interfaces on the Tungsten Trioxide Particles in the Thin Films....Pages 261-266
The Joining of LiNbO 3 , Quartz, TlBr-TlI and Other Optical Materials by the Use of Thin Metal Films as Bonding Agents....Pages 267-272
Experimental Study of Texture and Self-Polarization of Sol-Gel Derived PZT Thin Films....Pages 273-278
Experimental Study of Heat Properties of Ba 1-x Sr x TiO 3 Thin Films on a Substrate....Pages 279-284
Synthesis of Lead Zirconate Antiferroelectric Thin Films by Sol-Gel Processing....Pages 285-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Infrared Spectroscopy of OH-Induced Defects in Fluoroperovskites....Pages 293-304
Hydrogen-Related Effects in Oxides....Pages 305-316
Ion-Beam-Induced Defects and Defects Interactions in Perovskite-Structure Titanates....Pages 317-328
Phase Transitions in Incipient Ferroelectrics of Perovskite Structure with Impurities....Pages 329-340
Influence of Structure Ordering, Defects and External Conditions on Properties of Ferroelectric Perovskites....Pages 341-353
Phase Transition Anomalies in Crystals with Defects....Pages 355-366
Defects in Perovskites Induced by Illumination....Pages 367-378
Defect Luminescence Study in Tetragonal GeO 2 Crystals....Pages 379-386
Thermally Stimulated Ionic and Electronic Processes and Radiation-Induced Defect Annealing in LiBaF 3 Crystals....Pages 387-392
Radiation Defects in LiBaF 3 Perovskites....Pages 393-398
Radiation Induced Defects in Yttrium Aluminium Perovskite....Pages 399-404
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Laser-Calorimetric Study of Fundamental Absorption Edge in Pb,La(ZrTi)O 3 (PLZT) Perovskite Ceramics....Pages 405-410
Mesoscopic Scale Polarization Inhomogeneities in Electrooptic Ceramics: The Chaotic Phase Screen Model....Pages 411-418
New Ideas in Relaxor Theory....Pages 419-424
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Nature of the Defects Induced by Photoinjection of Hydrogen in Transition Metal Oxides....Pages 427-438
Assessment of Surface Quality by SHG in Oxide Crystals....Pages 439-447
Perovskite Materials for Optical Filtering and the Generation of Coherent Radiation....Pages 449-454
Preparation and Properties of La 1-x A x MnO 3 (A = Ca, Sr) Single Crystals....Pages 455-460
Oxygen Diffusion in Donor Doped SrTiO 3 : Influence of Thermal Pretreatment....Pages 461-466
Effect of Reducing and Oxidizing Atmospheres on the PTCR Properties of BaTiO 3 ....Pages 467-472
New Approach for Boundary Conditions: Space Charge Controlled Concentrations of Cation Vacancies in Donor Doped SrTiO 3 for Short Diffusion Length....Pages 473-478
Defect Luminescence of LiBaF 3 Perovskites....Pages 479-484
Back Matter....Pages 485-492