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Aid of Scaling Laws in the Achievement of a Well-Controlled Film Deposition Process
Scaling laws are profitably applied in all the scientific disciplines. Approximated solutions constitute a valuable aid for the analysis of complex...
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Vibrational Spectroscopy in Ion–Irradiated Carbon–Based Thin Films
In this work we present and discuss some selected experiments on ion–irradiated carbon–based thin films. Vibrational spectroscopy is used to...
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Laser Ablation-Deposited CN x Thin Films
Amorphous CN x thin films were deposited at room temperature by pulsed laser ablation of graphite targets in a...
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Elastic and Structural Properties of Carbon Materials Investigated by Brillouin Light Scattering
Brillouin light scattering (BS) is a nondestructive technique exploited to investigate collective excitations in solids: acoustic phonons, spin...
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Pulsed Laser Deposition of Carbon Films: Tailoring Structure and Properties
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a versatile technique to synthesize films of a given material with strongly different properties. In this chapter we...
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Growth and Room Temperature Spin Polarization of Half-metallic Epitaxial CrO2 and Fe3O4 Thin Films
Potential applications of systems based on half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) in magneto- and spinelectronics including spin injectors, magnetic field...
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Ion Microscopy on Diamond
Because of its physical properties (strong radiation hardness, wide energy gap with a consequent extremely low dark current, very large electron and...
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Raman Spectroscopy and Optical Properties of Amorphous Diamond-Like Carbon Films
The Raman spectroscopy and optical characterization of amorphous hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon films is described. The samples were prepared by...
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Correlation Between Local Structure and Film Properties in Amorphous Carbon Materials
A discussion of the various amorphous carbon and amorphous hydrogenated carbon films is presented. A link between sp 2, sp...
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Magnetic Interactions in Granular Paramagnetic-Ferromagnetic GaAs:Mn/MnAs Hybrids
The paramagnetic-ferromagnetic hybrid structure with a Curie temperature above room temperature formed by metallic MnAs clusters embedded in a...
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Exchange Interactions and Magnetic Percolation in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
We propose a theory that combines first-principles evaluations of interatomic exchange interactions with a classical Heisenberg model and Monte Carlo...
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Carrier Induced Ferromagnetism in Concentrated and Diluted Local-Moment Systems
For modeling the electronic and magnetic properties of concentrated and diluted magnetic semiconductors we use the s-f model (ferromagnetic...
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Electrical Characterization of Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition
In this contribution, we investigate the electrical properties of thin (3–30 nm) Lu2O3 and Yb2O3 oxides grown on silicon by atomic layer depostion....
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Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Ultimate Scaling
Combination of lanthanum and other rare earth oxides with HfO2 yields stable compounds which withstand transistor processing and have low gate...
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Atomic Layer Deposition of Rare Earth Oxides
The principles of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for thin film growth are briefly introduced, emphasizing the aspects of a self-limiting mechanism....
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Sesquioxides as Host Materialsfor Rare-Earth-Doped Bulk Lasersand Active Waveguides
This Chapter focuses on the optical applications of rare-earth oxides. Due to their thermo-mechanical properties, the sesquioxides of yttrium,...
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Formation, Atomic Structures and Properties of Carbon Nanocage Materials
Various carbon nanocage fullerene materials (clusters, metallofullerenes, onions, nanotubes, nanohorns and nanocapsules) were synthesized by...
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Defects in CVD Diamond Films from Their Response as Nuclear Detectors
CVD diamond films can be used to realize nuclear detectors with outstanding working capability in harsh environments. Since efficient particle...
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The Role of Interstitial Mn in GaAs-Based Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors
Ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As continues to be the subject of intense research due to the interesting physical properties and possible spin-electronics...
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An Origin of CMR: Competing Phases and Disorder-Induced Insulator-to-Metal Transition in Manganites
We theoretically explore the mechanism of the colossal magnetoresistance in manganese oxides by explicitly taking into account the phase competition...