| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Gigahertz dielectric polarization of substitutional single niobium atoms in defective graphitic layers (PDF, 952 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.147601 |
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| Author | Search for: Zhang, Xuefeng1; Search for: Guo, Junjie; Search for: Guan, Pengfei; Search for: Qin, Gaowu; Search for: Pennycook, Stephen J. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Aerospace
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Atoms; Condensed matter physics; Density functional theory; Dielectric materials; Dielectric resonators; Electromagnetic wave absorption; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Niobium; Polarization; Resonance; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy; Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopies; Complex permittivity; Dielectric behavior; Dielectric polarization; Dielectric resonances; Electromagnetic response; Structural origin; Theoretical simulation; Niobium compounds |
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| Abstract | We synthesize two Nb/C composites with an order of magnitude difference in the density of single niobium atoms substituted into defective graphitic layers. The concentration and sites of single Nb atoms are identified using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and density functional theory. Comparing the experimental complex permittivity spectra reveals that a representative dielectric resonance at ∼16GHz originates from the intrinsic polarization of single Nb atom sites, which is confirmed by theoretical simulations. The single-atom dielectric resonance represents the physical limit of the electromagnetic response of condensed matter, and thus might open up a new avenue for designing electromagnetic wave absorption materials. Single-atom resonance also has important implications in understanding the correlation between the macroscopic dielectric behaviors and the atomic-scale structural origin. |
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| Publication date | 2015-10-02 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21277011 |
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| Record identifier | 027cc0a9-d7fc-4d5f-9563-8673fee411e8 |
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| Record created | 2015-11-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-06-04 |
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