Polar state in freestanding strontium titanate nanoparticles

Persistent photoconductivity in strontium titanate.

Persistent photoconductivity was observed in strontium titanate (SrTiO(3)) single crystals. When exposed to sub-bandgap light (2.9 eV or higher) at room temperature, the free-electron concentration increases by over 2 orders of magnitude. After the light is turned off, the enhanced conductivity persists for several days, with negligible decay. From positron lifetime measurements, the persistent...

Phase Transitions in Strontium Titanate

Strontium Titanate SrTiO3 (STO) is known to undergo an antiferrodistortive transition from cubic to tetragonal phase at Tc ≈ 105K, and classical to quantum paraelectric phase transition at Tq ≈ 37K. This paper is intended to use Landau Theory to explore these two phase transitions of STO, as well as some experimental techniques to examine this model.

Sub-10 nm strontium titanate nanocubes highly dispersed in non-polar organic solvents.

Strontium titanate (SrTiO(3)) nanoparticles with well defined cubic shape and sub-10 nm size that are highly dispersible in non-polar organic solvents were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal (HT) processing. Water-soluble titanium complexes and strontium hydroxide were employed as precursors. When the HT process was carried out without oleic acid, the SrTiO(3) particles obtained were rela...

Multiferroic domain dynamics in strained strontium titanate.

Multiferroicity can be induced in strontium titanate by applying biaxial strain. Using optical second harmonic generation, we report a transition from 4/mmm to the ferroelectric mm2 phase, followed by a transition to a ferroelastic-ferroelectric mm2 phase in a strontium titanate thin film. Piezoelectric force microscopy is used to study ferroelectric domain switching. Second harmonic generation...

Wulff shape of strontium titanate nanocuboids