Cubic-to-monoclinic phase transition during the epitaxial growth of crystalline Gd2 O3 films on Ge(001) substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Molle, Alessandro ^a   Wiemer, Claudia ^a   Bhuiyan, Md Nurul Kabir ^a   Tallarida, Grazia ^a   Fanciulli, Marco ^a   Pavia, Giuseppe ^b  

^a LABORATORIO MDM   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINE FILMS; DOMAIN ROTATION; EQUIPROBABLES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 34248399180     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2738367     Document Type: Article

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