Several series of rare-earth substituted ceria has been synthesised and characterised using X-ray diffraction. The samples have been processed into pellets and polished to create well-defined surfaces for segregation analysis.
A lanthanum strontium manganite target has been fabricated for pulsed laser deposition, and films on strontium titanite have been grown and characterised by X-ray diffraction ensuring high-quality growth. Bicrystal substrates of strontium titanite and yttria-stabilised zirconia of various miscut angles have been purchased for the fabrication of well-defined grain boundaries.
Oral presentations have been given at the ECS conference in Seattle, E-MRS conference at Strasbourg, Electroceramics conference at Hassalt, and Non-Stoichiometric Compounds conference in Miyazaki.