Size-dependent strain in epitaxial (001) gadolinium-doped ceria nanoislands

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Solovyov, Vyacheslav F ^a   Gibert, Marta ^b   Puig, Teresa ^b   Obradors, Xavier ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM DOPED CERIA; LATERAL TENSION; MAP ANALYSIS; NANO-ISLANDS; NORMAL STRAIN; PRIMARY STRESS; RECIPROCAL SPACE; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; VACANCY ORDERING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GADOLINIUM; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 78650355139     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3527079     Document Type: Article

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