Heterogeneous nucleation and metal-insulator transition in epitaxial films of NdNiO3

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Devendra ^a   Rajeev, K P ^a   Kushwaha, A K ^a   Budhani, R C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK BEHAVIOR; BULK SAMPLES; DEGREE OF SUPERCOOLING; EPITAXIAL STRAIN; FIRST ORDER; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INHOMOGENEOUS STRAIN FIELDS; M-I TRANSITION; METAL INSULATORS; METALLIC PHASIS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SUPERCOOLED STATE; TRANSITION REGIMES;

EPITAXIAL FILMS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; NUCLEATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SUPERCOOLING; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 77957724110     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3481396     Document Type: Article

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