Individual Zn 2 SnO 4 -sheathed ZnO heterostructure nanowires for efficient resistive switching memory controlled by interface states

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Baochang ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyong ^a   Chen, Chuan ^a   Xiao, Yanhe ^a   Lei, Shuijin ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84888147852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03249     Document Type: Article

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