Layered mixed-anion compounds: Epitaxial growth, active function exploration, and device application

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-253

  Hiramatsu, Hidenori ^a   Kamihara, Yoichi ^a   Yanagi, Hiroshi ^a   Ueda, Kazushige ^a,b   Kamiya, Toshio ^a   Hirano, Masahiro ^a   Hosono, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Epitaxial thin films; Optical properties; Solid state reaction; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; COPPER; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HOLE MOBILITY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NEGATIVE IONS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PENETRATION DEPTH (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THICK FILMS; TRANSITION METALS;

ACTIVE FUNCTIONS; CHALCOGEN; DEVICE APPLICATIONS; DOPING; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; EMITTING LAYERS; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; EXTENDING; HEAVY HOLES; INJECTION LAYERS; ISOSTRUCTURAL COMPOUNDS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; NOVEL SUPERCONDUCTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; OXYCHALCOGENIDE; OXYCHALCOGENIDES; PHOTO-LUMINESCENCE; PNICOGEN; ROOM TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; SOLID STATE REACTION; SOLUTION SYSTEMS;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 54349102564     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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