Evidence for multifilamentary valence changes in resistive switching SrTiO3 devices detected by transmission X-ray microscopy

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Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Koehl, A ^a   Wasmund, H ^a   Herpers, A ^a   Guttmann, P ^b   Werner, S ^b   Henzler, K ^b   Du, H ^a   Mayer, J ^a   Waser, R ^a,c   Dittmann, R ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84900007034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2166532X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4822438     Document Type: Article

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