Very large anisotropy in the dc conductivity of epitaxial VO2 thin films grown on (011) rutile TiO2 substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 26, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Jiwei ^a   West, Kevin G ^a   Wolf, Stuart A ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CEMENTS; EPITAXIAL FILMS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANGULAR DEPENDENCES; C -AXIS; COMPRESSIVE STRAINS; DC CONDUCTIVITIES; LARGE ANISOTROPIES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SUBSTRATE CLAMPING; TETRAGONAL SYMMETRIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 58149229129     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3058769     Document Type: Article

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