Evolution of microstructure, strain and physical properties in oxide nanocomposite films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chen, Aiping ^a   Weigand, Marcus ^a   Bi, Zhenxing ^a   Zhang, Wenrui ^b   Lü, Xuejie ^a   Dowden, Paul ^a   MacManus Driscoll, Judith L ^c   Wang, Haiyan ^b   Jia, Quanxi ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903144239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05426     Document Type: Article

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