Periodic step structure of clean and YBa2Cu3O7-θ-covered vicinal SrTiO3(001) surfaces

Surface Science

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Haage, T ^a   Habermeier, H U ^a   Zegenhagen, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth; Scanning tunneling microscopy; SrTiO3; Superconducting films; Surface structure, morphology, roughness, and topography; YBa2Cu3O7

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FILM GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

NANOSCALE STEP STRUCTURE; STRONTIUM TITANATE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030735737     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01174-0     Document Type: Article

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