Spatially-resolved mapping of history-dependent coupled electrochemical and electronical behaviors of electroresistive NiO

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sugiyama, Issei ^a   Kim, Yunseok ^b   Jesse, Stephen ^c   Strelcov, Evgheni ^c   Kumar, Amit ^d   Tselev, Alexander ^c   Rahani, Ehasan Kabiri ^e   Shenoy, Vivek B ^e   Yamamoto, Takahisa ^a,f,g   Shibata, Naoya ^a,h   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^a,g,i   Kalinin, Sergei V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^h JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84934999901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06725     Document Type: Article

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