Phase transitions via selective elemental vacancy engineering in complex oxide thin films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lee, Sang A ^a   Jeong, Hoidong ^a   Woo, Sungmin ^a   Hwang, Jae Yeol ^a   Choi, Si Young ^b   Kim, Sung Dae ^b   Choi, Minseok ^b,c   Roh, Seulki ^a   Yu, Hosung ^a,c   Hwang, Jungseek ^a   Kim, Sung Wng ^a,c   Choi, Woo Seok ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84962799539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23649     Document Type: Article

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