Positron annihilation spectroscopy of defects in nuclear and irradiated materials-a review

FA Selim - Materials Characterization, 2021 - Elsevier
Positron is the only probe that can detect individual atomic vacancies and small and large
vacancy clusters induced by irradiation with remarkable sensitivity, providing information …

Characterization of lattice defects in metallic materials by positron annihilation spectroscopy: A review

J Čížek - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Positron is an excellent probe of lattice defects in solids. A thermallized positron delocalized
in lattice can be trapped at open volume defects, eg vacancies, dislocations, grain …

Polycaprolactone–MXene nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering

K Diedkova, AD Pogrebnjak, S Kyrylenko… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
New conductive materials for tissue engineering are needed for the development of
regenerative strategies for nervous, muscular, and heart tissues. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is …

Point defect structure of La-doped SrTiO3 ceramics with colossal permittivity

M Qin, F Gao, J Cizek, S Yang, X Fan, L Zhao, J Xu… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Sr 1-x La x TiO 3 (SLTO) ceramics with colossal permittivity were fabricated by
conventional solid-state reaction method. The point defects of pure STO and SLTO ceramics …

[HTML][HTML] On the interaction of solute atoms with vacancies in diluted Al-alloys: A paradigmatic experimental and ab-initio study on indium and tin

M Elsayed, TEM Staab, J Čížek, R Krause-Rehberg - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
To study the vacancy-solute-atom interaction, diluted Al-In and Al-Sn alloys with 0.005 and
0.025 at.% indium/tin cast from very high purity elements were investigated by positron …

Vacancy dynamics in niobium and its native oxides and their potential implications for quantum computing and superconducting accelerators

M Wenskat, J Čižek, MO Liedke, M Butterling, M Stiehl… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In recent years, superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities have been considered as
candidates for qubits in quantum computing, showing longer photon lifetimes and, therefore …

Digital spectrometer for coincidence measurement of Doppler broadening of positron annihilation radiation

J Čížek, M Vlček, I Procházka - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2010 - Elsevier
High-resolution digital coincidence Doppler broadening spectrometer equipped with two
high-purity Ge detectors and two-channel 12-bit fast digitizer was developed and tested in …

Defect studies of nanocrystalline zirconia powders and sintered ceramics

J Čížek, O Melikhova, I Procházka, J Kuriplach… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
The main objective of the present paper is to communicate a study of defects behavior in
zirconia-based nanomaterials—pressure-compacted yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) …

Vacancies in SnSe single crystals in a near-equilibrium state

K Sraitrova, J Cizek, V Holy, T Plechacek, L Benes… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
The development of intrinsic vacancies in SnSe single crystals was investigated as a
function of annealing temperature by means of positron annihilation spectroscopy …

Origin of defects and positron annihilation in hybrid and all-inorganic perovskites

A Musiienko, J Cizek, H Elhadidy, P Praus… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Emerging metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) have shown advanced charge transport
properties suitable for application in solar cells, photodetectors, and many more. While the …