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Roger A. De Souza

Roger A. De Souza

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Materials Science

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7889
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Overview

Roger A. De Souza is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany, specializing in materials science and engineering. Their research focuses on electronic and structural properties of oxides, with significant contributions to solid oxide fuel cells, perovskite materials, and oxide electroceramics.

The scientist has published extensively, with a primary emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering fields. They have contributed notably to the following subfields:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering

Roger A. De Souza's research covers key topics such as:

  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Among recent publications featuring their work are:

  • Transport properties of dislocations in SrTiO3 and other perovskites, 2021, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
  • Electric-field-assisted processing of ceramics: Nonthermal effects and related mechanisms, 2021, MRS Bulletin
  • The Fermi energy as common parameter to describe charge compensation mechanisms: A path to Fermi level engineering of oxide electroceramics, 2023, Journal of Electroceramics
  • Grain-boundary diffusion of cations in fluorite-type oxides is faster but not always easier, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • The surprisingly high activation barrier for oxygen-vacancy migration in oxygen-excess manganite perovskites, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

De Souza has collaborated frequently with peers including Joe Kler, Dennis Kemp, Alexander Bonkowski, Jana P. Parras, and Adrian L. Usler.

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Physical Review Materials
  • ChemElectroChem

This profile reflects a research career with a strong interdisciplinary approach centered on materials chemistry and engineering, emphasizing oxide materials and their electronic and transport properties.

Best Publications

  • A family of oxide ion conductors based on the ferroelectric perovskite Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3

    Ming Li;Martha J. Pietrowski;Roger A. De Souza;Huairuo Zhang

  • The formation of equilibrium space-charge zones at grain boundaries in the perovskite oxide SrTiO3

    Roger A. De Souza

  • Behavior of oxygen vacancies in single-crystal SrTiO 3 : Equilibrium distribution and diffusion kinetics

    Roger A. De Souza;Veronika Metlenko;Daesung Park;Thomas E. Weirich

  • A kinetic study of the decomposition of the cubic perovskite-type oxide BaxSr1−xCo0.8Fe0.2O3−δ (BSCF) (x = 0.1 and 0.5)

    David N. Mueller;Roger A. De Souza;Thomas E. Weirich;Daniel Roehrens

  • Oxygen diffusion in nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia: the effect of grain boundaries

    Roger A. De Souza;Martha J. Pietrowski;Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini;Sangtae Kim

  • A chemically driven insulator-metal transition in non-stoichiometric and amorphous gallium oxide.

    Lakshmi Nagarajan;Roger A. De Souza;Dominik Samuelis;Ilia Valov

  • Formation and migration of cation defects in the perovskite oxide LaMnO3

    Roger A. De Souza;M. Saiful Islam;Ellen Ivers-Tiffée

  • Do dislocations act as atomic autobahns for oxygen in the perovskite oxide SrTiO3

    Veronika Metlenko;Amr H. H. Ramadan;Felix Gunkel;Hongchu Du

  • Modifying the barriers for oxygen-vacancy migration in fluorite-structured CeO2 electrolytes through strain: a computer simulation study

    Roger A. De Souza;Amr Ramadan;Stefanie Hörner

  • Oxygen Diffusion in SrTiO3 and Related Perovskite Oxides

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  • On the conduction pathway for protons in nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia.

    Sangtae Kim;Hugo J. Avila-Paredes;Shizhong Wang;Chien-Ting Chen

  • Spectromicroscopic insights for rational design of redox-based memristive devices

    Christoph Baeumer;Christoph Schmitz;Amr H.H. Ramadan;Hongchu Du;Hongchu Du

  • Electrical and structural characterization of a low-angle tilt grain boundary in iron-doped strontium titanate

    Roger A. De Souza;Jürgen Fleig;Joachim Maier;Oliver Kienzle

  • The thermodynamics and kinetics of iodine vacancies in the hybrid perovskite methylammonium lead iodide

    Denis Barboni;Roger A. De Souza

  • Phase Stability and Oxygen Nonstoichiometry of Highly Oxygen-Deficient Perovskite-Type Oxides: A Case Study of (Ba,Sr)(Co,Fe)O3−δ

    David N. Mueller;Roger A. De Souza;Han-Ill Yoo;Manfred Martin;Manfred Martin

  • A generalised space-charge theory for extended defects in oxygen-ion conducting electrolytes: from dilute to concentrated solid solutions

    David S. Mebane;Roger A. De Souza

  • Using 18O/16O exchange to probe an equilibrium space-charge layer at the surface of a crystalline oxide: method and application

    Roger A. De Souza;Manfred Martin

  • Computational Study of Oxygen Diffusion along a[100] Dislocations in the Perovskite Oxide SrTiO3

    Stephan P. Waldow;Roger A. De Souza

  • Probing Diffusion Kinetics with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

    Roger A. De Souza;Manfred Martin

  • Electrical resistance of low-angle tilt grain boundaries in acceptor-doped SrTiO3 as a function of misorientation angle

    Roger A. De Souza;Jürgen Fleig;Joachim Maier;Zaoli Zhang

  • SrTiO3: a model electroceramic

    Roger A. De Souza;Jürgen Fleig;Rotraut Merkle;Joachim Maier

  • A universal empirical expression for the isotope surface exchange coefficients (k*) of acceptor-doped perovskite and fluorite oxides.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Martin
Manfred Martin RWTH Aachen University
Rainer Waser
Rainer Waser RWTH Aachen University
Zuhair A. Munir
Zuhair A. Munir University of California, Davis
Regina Dittmann
Regina Dittmann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Joachim Mayer
Joachim Mayer RWTH Aachen University
Joachim Maier
Joachim Maier Max Planck Society
Ilia Valov
Ilia Valov RWTH Aachen University
Wilfried Sigle
Wilfried Sigle Max Planck Society
Rotraut Merkle
Rotraut Merkle Max Planck Society

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