Electron molecular beam epitaxy: Layer-by-layer growth of complex oxides via pulsed electron-beam deposition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Comes, Ryan ^a   Gu, Man ^a   Khokhlov, Mikhail ^a,b   Liu, Hongxue ^a   Lu, Jiwei ^a   Wolf, Stuart A ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; COMPLEX OXIDES; ELECTRON BEAM DEPOSITIONS; EXCITING FIELD; FILM QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY EPITAXIAL FILMS; LAYER-BY-LAYER GROWTH; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; OXIDE SYSTEMS;

ELECTRON SOURCES; EPITAXIAL FILMS; FILM GROWTH; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE FILMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84872725003     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4774238     Document Type: Article

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