Electro-chemo-mechanical effect in Gd-doped ceria thin films with a controlled orientation
Simone Santucci, Haiwu Zhang, Simone Sanna, Nini Pryds, Vincenzo Esposito
Abstract
Enhanced Gd-doped ceria electrostriction: This study uncovers new anisotropic properties in thin films, enhancing the effect along with the 〈100〉 directions by one order of magnitude and proposing a new microscopic model to explain such findings.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceDopingOrientation (vector space)Thin filmComposite materialEngineering physicsOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyGeometryPhysicsMathematicsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors