In situ real-time investigation of kinetics of nucleation and growth of sol-gel-derived functional oxide thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Sun, Tao ^a,b   Hu, Hao ^a   Pan, Zixiao ^a   Li, Xuefa ^b   Wang, Jin ^b   Dravid, Vinayak P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 43549103756     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205414     Document Type: Article

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