Electrochemical dynamics of nanoscale metallic inclusions in dielectrics

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yang, Yuchao ^a   Gao, Peng ^a,d   Li, Linze ^a   Pan, Xiaoqing ^a   Tappertzhofen, Stefan ^b   Choi, Shinhyun ^a   Waser, Rainer ^b,c   Valov, Ilia ^b,c   Lu, Wei D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

COMPOSITE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SIZE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; SOLID STATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84903159559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5232     Document Type: Article

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