• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.377-381
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• 2009

Tetragonal-NiSi (010)/Si superstructures were calculated for studying the interface structure using density functional theory, The orthorhombic-NiSi was changed to the tetragonal-NiSi to be matched with the Si surface for epitaxy interface. The eight interface models were produced by the type of the Si surfaces, The tetragonal-NiSi (010)/Si (020)[00-1] superstructure was energetically the most favorable, and the interface thickness of this superstructure was the shortest among the tetragonal-NiSi (010)/Si superstructures. However, in the case of tetragonal-NiSi (010)/Si (010)[00-1] superstructure, it was energetically the most unfavorable, and the interface thickness was the longest. The energies and interface thicknesses of tetragonal-NiSi (010)/Si superstructures were influenced by the coordination number of Ni atoms and the bond length between atoms located at the interface.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.43 no.7 s.290
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• pp.389-392
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• 2006

Electric field-induced phase transition from the tetragonal to rhombohedral phase was investigated for the <111> direction in tetragonal PZN-PT single crystals, which have spontaneous polarization along the <001> direction. From the strain and dielectric data, it was confirmed that the samples followed a tetragonal-orthorhombic-rhombohedral phase transition sequence with application of an electric field. This transition is different from the rhombohedral-tetragonal phase transition of <001> rhombohedral composition single crystals, in which a phase transition occurred without showing the intermediate orthorhombic phase.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.343-348
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• 2008

In this work, we determine all the modular curves $X_1$(M, N) which are tetragonal.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.83-84
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.6 no.S1
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• pp.141-153
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• 1997

The paraelectric cubic-to-ferroelectric tetragonal phase transition of the thin Pb(Zr, Ti)$O_3$ (PZT) films grown on MgO(001) substrate was investigated in a series of synchrotron x-ray scattering experiments. As the thickness of the film decreases the transition temperature and the amount of the tetragonal distortion were decreased continuously Different from only the c-domains were existent in the thinnest 25nm thick film. Based on this we propose a model for the domain structure of the tetragonal PZT/MgO(100) film that is very different from the ones suggested in literature. We attribute the suppression of the transition to the substrate field that prefers the c-type domains near the interface and suppresses the tetragonal distortion to minimize the film-substrate lattice mismatch.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.176-185
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• 1996

플라즈마 용사된 열벽코팅의 수명을 평가하기 위하여 여러가지 양의 CeO$_2$(16,18,20,22,24 그리고 26 wt.% CeO$_2$)를 포함하는 지르코니아 코팅에 대한 상분석이 행하여 졌다. 플라즈마 용사된 후 16 및 18 wt.% CeO$_2$를 포함하는 지르코니아 코팅에서는 비평형 tetragonal 상 만이 생성되었으나 20-26 wt.% CeO$_2$를 포함하는 지르코니아 코팅에서는 비평형 tetragonal 및 cubic 상의 혼합상이 관찰되었다. 열순환 산화시험 동안에는 비평형 tetragonal 및 cubic 상은 평형 tetragonal 및 cubic 상으로 변태하였다. 평형 tetragonal 상의 일부는 열순환 산화시험의 냉각과정 중에 monoclinic 상으로 변태하였다. 그리고 16 wt.% CeO$_2$를 포함하는 지르코니아 코팅은 다른 조성의 지르코니아 코팅보다 열순환 산화시험 동안 더 많은 monoclinic 상이 생성되었으며 세라믹 코팅 수명이 짧았다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.482-485
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• 2008

Tetragonal-$Ni_{1-x}Pd_x$Si/Si (001) structure was studied by using density functional theory (DFT). An epitaxial interface between $2{\times}2{\times}4$ (001) tetragonal-NiSi supercell and $1{\times}1{\times}2$ (001) Si supercell was first constructed by adjusting the lattice parameters of B2-NiSi structure to match those of the Si structure. We chose Ni atoms as a terminating layer of the B2-NiSi; the equilibrium gap between the tetragonal-NiSi and Si was calculated to be 1.1 ${\AA}$. The Ni atoms in the structure moved away from the original positions along the z-direction in a systematic way during the energy minimization. Two different Ni sites were identified at the interface and the bulk, respectively. The two Ni sites at the interface have 6 and 7 coordination numbers. The Ni sites with coordination number 6 at the interface were located farther away from the interface, and were more favorable for Pd substitution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.7-8
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• 2011

Basically, the lattice mismatch between film and substrate can make those BiFeO3(BFO) films distorted with strain structure. BFO phase can be stabilized on LaAlO3(LAO) represents the example of a multiferroic with giant axial ratio. Its crystal structure is not strictly tetragonal, but tetragonal with a slight monoclinic distortion and related to the rotation of the oxygen octahedra. In this study, we show that phases with a tetragonal-like epitaxial BFO films can indeed be ferroelectric and also can be stabilized via epitaxial growth onto LAO. Recent reports on epitaxial BFO films show that the crystal structure changes from nearly rhombohedral ("R-like") to nearly tetragonal("T-like") at strains exceeding approximately -4.5%, with the "T-like" structure being characterized by a highly enhanced c/a ratio. While both the "R-like" and the "T-like" phases are monoclinic, our detailed x-ray diffraction results reveal asymmetry change from MA and MC type, respectively. By applying additional strain or by modifying the unit cell volume of the film by substituting Ba for Bi, the monoclinic distortion in the "T-like" MC phase is reduced, i.e. the system approaches a true tetragonal symmetry. There are two different M-H loops for $Bi_{1-x}Ba_xFeO_{3-{\delta}}$(BBFO) and BFO films on SrTiO3(STO) & LAO substrates. Along with the ferroelectric characterization, these magnetic data indicate that the BFO phase stabilized on LAO represents the first example of a multiferroic with giant axial ratio. However, there is a significant difference between this phase and other predicted ferroelectrics with a giant axial ratio: its crystal structure is not strictly tetragonal, but tetragonal with a slight monoclinic distortion. Therefore, in going from bulk to highly-strained films, a phase sequence of rhombohedral(R)-to-monoclinic ["R-like" MA-to-monoclinic, "T-like" MC-to-tetragonal (T)] is observed. This sequence is otherwise seen only near morphotropic phase boundaries in lead-based solid-solution perovskites (i.e. near a compositionally induced phase instability), where it can be controlled by electric field, temperature, or composition. Our results show that this evolution can occur in a lead-free, stoichiometric material and can be induced by stress alone. Those major results are summarized as follows ; 1) Ba-doping increases the unit cell volume, 2) BBFO on LAO can be fully strained up to x=0.08 as a strain limit (Fig. 1), 3) P(E) & M(H) properties can be tuned by the variation of composition, strain, and film thickness.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.13 no.5 s.58
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• pp.360-365
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• 2006

The phase stability of tetragonal phase in Y-TZP was investigated in terms of the distribution of grain sizes and heat-treating atmosphere. Y-TZP with various grain sizes were prepared using duration time at $1600^{\circ}C$ as experimental parameter. Accumulated grain size distributions were built from the SEM micrographs and the amount of tetragonal phase were measured using XRD. Both results were compared to determine the critical grain size before and after heat-treatment in vacuum. The critical grain size drastically decreased compared with the small increase of average grain size due to the autocatalytic effect which critically affects the tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation. After heat-treatment in reductive atmosphere critical grain size relatively increased due to the stabilization of tetragonal phase. The formation of oxygen vacancies during heat-treatment was ascribed to the increase of stability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.311-314
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• 1998

The effects of the additions of transition metal oxides on ZrO$_2$ - Y$_2$O$_3$ (Y$_2$O$_3$ - containing tetragonal zirconia polycrystals : Y-TZP) system has been studied by investigating fracture toughness and phase stability of the sintered specimens. In the specimens sintered at 1450$^{\circ}C$ for 2hrs in air the phase transformation from tetragonal to monoclinic was observed. The ratios of monoclinic phase to tetragonal phase were changed with the additions of CoO, Fe$_2$O$_3$ and MnO$_2$, respectively, from 0.00 to 8.00wt%. The fracture toughness was increased with increasing the monoclinic to tetragonal phase ratio and was maximum at the ratio of about 18%. However, the hardness was decreased with increasing the ratio. The additions of CoO, Fe$_2$O$_3$ and MnO$_2$ together into Y-TZP resulted in more complex behaviors of fracture toughness and hardness. The specimen with the additions of 1.5wt% Fe$_2$O$_3$, 3.0wt% Al$_2$O$_3$ and 1.5wt% CoO showed the monoclinic to tetragonal phase ratio of 18% and the highest toughness of 10.8 MPa.m$\^$$\frac{1}{2}$/ and Vickers hardness of 1201kgf/mm$^2$.