Annealing effect on dislocations in SrTiO3/LaAlO3 heterostructures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Su, Dong ^a   Yamada, Tomoaki ^a   Sherman, Vladimir O ^a   Tagantsev, Alexander K ^a   Muralt, Paul ^a   Setter, Nava ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PERMITTIVITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

DEPOSITED FILMS; POSTANNEALING TREATMENT; THREADING DISLOCATION DENSITY; TRANSLATION VECTOR;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34047161484     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2710281     Document Type: Article

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