Sub-monolayer nucleation and growth of complex oxides at high supersaturation and rapid flux modulation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kareev, M ^a   Prosandeev, S ^a   Gray, B ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Ryan, P ^b   Kareev, A ^a   Ju Moon, Eun ^a   Chakhalian, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; COMPLEX OXIDES; CRYSTALLINITIES; FLUX MODULATION; GROWTH REGIME; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; MULTICOMPONENT MATERIALS; NANO SCALE; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUMBER OF LAYERS; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; TWO LAYER MODEL; ULTRATHIN MULTILAYERS; UNIT CELLS;

DEPOSITION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MONOLAYERS; SUPERSATURATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 79959475556     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3590146     Document Type: Article

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