Crystal Structure,Electronic and Optical Properties of Epitaxial Alkaline Earth Niobate Thin Films

Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the National University of Singapore, Singapore

Offers a comprehensive scientific study of the alkaline earth niobates

Discusses intrinsic plasmonic materials based on niobates, which can show photocatalytic properties

Describes for the first time the nonlinear optical property of alkaline earth niobates

Inhalt

Introduction.- Sample Preparation and Characterization Techniques.- The Nature of Electron Transport and Visiblelight Absorption in Strontium Niobate - A Plasmonic Water Splitter.- Comparison of Water Splitting Efficiencies of Mnbo3- d (M = Ca, Sr, Ba).- New Tunable and Low-Loss Correlated Plasmons in Mott-like Insulating Oxides.- The Nonlinear Optical Properties of Mnbo3(M=Ca, Sr, Ba) Thin Films.- Strain-Induced Metal to Insulator Transition in Thin Film of Srnbo3.- Summary and Future Work.