Nanoscale analysis of interfaces in a metal/oxide/oxide trilayer obtained by pulsed laser deposition

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Fix, T ^a   Ulhaq Bouillet, C ^a   Colis, S ^a   Dinia, A ^a   Bertoni, G ^b   Verbeeck, J ^b   Van Tendeloo, G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STOICHIOMETRY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

HETEROEPITAXIAL DEVICES; IRON DEPLETION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34547201960     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2755699     Document Type: Article

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