Structural and functional characterization of (110)-oriented epitaxial La2/3Ca1/3 MnO3 electrodes and SrTiO3 tunnel barriers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Infante, I C ^a   Sanchez F ^a   Fontcuberta, J ^a   Fusil, S ^b   Bouzehouane, K ^b   Herranz, G ^b   Barthelemy A ^b   Estrade S ^c   Arbiol, J ^c   Peiro F ^c   Mossanek, R J O ^d   Abbate, M ^d   Wojcik, M ^e  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

EPITAXIAL ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; TUNNEL BARRIERS; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34248586145     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2723192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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