Ferromagnetism and ru-ru distance in SrRuO3 thin film grown on SrtiO3 (111) substrate

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Lee, Bowha ^a   Kwon, O Ung ^a   Shin, Ran Hee ^a,b   Jo, William ^b   Jung, Chang Uk ^a  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic transition temperature; Ru ru nearest neighbor distance; Srruo3; Tolerance factor

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATOMICALLY FLAT SURFACE; CONDUCTING BEHAVIOR; FERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; HIGH-QUALITY FILMS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; RESISTIVITY RATIO; SRRUO3; TOLERANCE FACTOR;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84892495455     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-8     Document Type: Article

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