Nonstoichiometry accommodation in SrTiO3 thin films studied by positron annihilation and electron microscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Keeble, D J ^a   Wicklein, S ^b   Jin, L ^b   Jia, C L ^b   Egger, W ^c   Dittmann, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84877890689     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.195409     Document Type: Article

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