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Investigation of structural vacancies in titanium monoxide by electron-positron annihilation

Investigation of structural vacancies in titanium monoxide by electron-positron annihilation Local atomic environment of vacancies in nonstoichiometric titanium monoxide ranging in composition from TiO 0.74 to TiO 1.26 was studied by electron-positron annihilation. Analysis of the Doppler broadening spectra of the annihilation gamma line for titanium and liquid oxygen showed that positrons in titanium monoxide are trapped by titanium vacancies. Experiments revealed that the lifetime of positrons in ordered and disordered titanium monoxide TiO y increases with increasing oxygen content y and varies from 184 to 210 ps. Data on the valence electron density permitted the prediction that the lifetime of free positrons in stoichiometric titanium monoxide is about 140 ps and the lifetime of positrons localized in an oxygen vacancy is about 170 ps. The method used to analyze the gamma-line Doppler broadening spectra makes it possible to determine the type and number of atoms around a vacancy and to investigate order-disorder phase transformations in nonstoichiometric compounds. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Physics of the Solid State Springer Journals

Investigation of structural vacancies in titanium monoxide by electron-positron annihilation

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Subject
Physics; Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy
ISSN
1063-7834
eISSN
1090-6460
DOI
10.1134/S1063783409050060
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Abstract

Local atomic environment of vacancies in nonstoichiometric titanium monoxide ranging in composition from TiO 0.74 to TiO 1.26 was studied by electron-positron annihilation. Analysis of the Doppler broadening spectra of the annihilation gamma line for titanium and liquid oxygen showed that positrons in titanium monoxide are trapped by titanium vacancies. Experiments revealed that the lifetime of positrons in ordered and disordered titanium monoxide TiO y increases with increasing oxygen content y and varies from 184 to 210 ps. Data on the valence electron density permitted the prediction that the lifetime of free positrons in stoichiometric titanium monoxide is about 140 ps and the lifetime of positrons localized in an oxygen vacancy is about 170 ps. The method used to analyze the gamma-line Doppler broadening spectra makes it possible to determine the type and number of atoms around a vacancy and to investigate order-disorder phase transformations in nonstoichiometric compounds.

Journal

Physics of the Solid StateSpringer Journals

Published: May 1, 2009

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