Unveiling the atomic and electronic structure of the VN/MgO interface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Zaoli ^a   Rashkova, B ^a   Dehm, G ^a,b   Lazar, P ^c   Redinger, J ^c   Podloucky, R ^d  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 77957330489     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.060103     Document Type: Article

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