Defects on Strontium Titanate

Transition metal oxidesTransition metal oxides sharing the perovskitePerovskite structure exhibit many scientifically interesting and technologically important phenomena, and defects in these materials play a critical role in determining their properties. In the most general sense, SrTiO3 is a suitable model system for the study of defects in perovskite oxide materials. This chapter reviews common surface and defect structures in SrTiO3, and concludes with a discussion of defect diffusion.