Thermodynamic guiding principles in selective synthesis of strontium iridate Ruddlesden-Popper epitaxial films

APL Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Nishio, Kazunori ^a,b   Hwang, Harold Y ^a,b   Hikita, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; IRIDIUM; OXIDE FILMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STABILIZATION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CATION STOICHIOMETRY; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; RUDDLESDEN-POPPER; SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84961774406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2166532X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4943519     Document Type: Article

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