Compressive strain-induced metal-insulator transition in orthorhombic SrIrO3 thin films

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 2491-2496

  Gruenewald, John H ^a   Nichols, John ^a   Terzic, Jasminka ^a   Cao, Gang ^a   Brill, Joseph W ^a   Seo, Sung S Ambrose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; METALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRONIC CORRELATION; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; NEGATIVE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES; STRAINED THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84910130088     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.288     Document Type: Article

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