Evolution of nanostructures of anatase TiO2 thin films grown on (001) LaAlO3

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ciancio, Regina ^a   Vittadini, Andrea ^c   Selloni, Annabella ^d   Arpaia, Riccardo ^e   Aruta, Carmela ^e   Miletto Granozio, Fabio ^e   Scotti Di Uccio, Umberto ^e   Rossi, Giorgio ^b   Carlino, Elvio ^a  

^a IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNR SPIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composition; Defects and impurities; Density functional theory; Gradient and other corrections; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Local density approximation; Segregation; Thin film structure and morphology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONS; FILM GROWTH; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; REFLECTION HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSIONS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SHEARS; DEFECTS AND IMPURITIES; FILM/SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; GRADIENT AND OTHER CORRECTIONS; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; THIN FILM STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM; LANTHANUM; NANOFILM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; FILM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84878370271     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1735-x     Document Type: Article

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