Role of scaffold network in controlling strain and functionalities of nanocomposite films

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Aiping ^a   Hu, Jia Mian ^b   Lu, Ping ^c   Yang, Tiannan ^b   Zhang, Wenrui ^d   Li, Leigang ^d   Ahmed, Towfiq ^e   Enriquez, Erik ^a   Weigand, Marcus ^a   Su, Qing ^d   Wang, Haiyan ^d   Zhu, Jian Xin ^e   MacManus Driscoll, Judith L ^f   Chen, Long Qing ^b   Yarotski, Dmitry ^a   Jia, Quanxi ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETISM; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SCAFFOLDS;

COMPLEX OXIDE FILMS; CRITICAL THICKNESS; DESIGNING PRINCIPLE; INTERFACIAL AREAS; INTERFACIAL DISLOCATIONS; MAGNETO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS;

OXIDE FILMS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES;

EID: 85014035600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600245     Document Type: Article

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