Critical effects of substrate terraces and steps morphology on the growth mode of epitaxial SrRuO3 films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1981-1983

  Sanchez F ^a   Herranz, G ^a   Infante, I C ^a   Fontcuberta, J ^a   Garcia Cuenca M V ^b   Ferrater, C ^b   Varela, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEAT TREATMENT; NUCLEATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

GROWTH MODES; NANOSTRUCTURATION; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; SUBSTRATE TERRACES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 5444231825     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1786361     Document Type: Article

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