Yf. Yan et al., THE STRUCTURES OF INVERSION DOMAIN BOUNDARIES IN ALN CERAMICS, Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties, 75(4), 1997, pp. 1005-1022
The structures of inversion domain boundaries in sintered AlN ceramics
were studied by convergent-beam electron diffraction and high-resolut
ion electron microscopy. The displacement vectors at a flat and a curv
ed inversion domain boundary were determined to be R(F) = (0.11 +/- 0.
02)[0001] + epsilon(F), where epsilon(F) = (0.02 +/- 0.05)[1 (1) over
bar 00] and R(c) = (0.17 +/- 0.02)[0001] + epsilon(c) where epsilon(c)
= (0.03 +/- 0.01)[(1) over bar 100] respectively. An interfacial mode
l was derived for the flat inversion domain boundary. The model contai
ns a single Al-O(N) octahedron layer at the interface and has a stacki
ng sequence of ... cAaC-cAb-BaAb ..., where -cAb- indicates the single
Al-O(N) octahedron layer. A high-resolution electron microscopy study
supported the present model.