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Memristive properties of In2O3/LaNiO3 heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition
Resistance switching properties of nanostructured In2O3 films grown on LaNiO3 (LNO) bottom electrode (BE) have been investigated for non volatile memory applications. Ag/In2O3/LNO/SiO2 heterostructures were fabri...
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Contact Resistance Study of Pt, Ni and Au on La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO)/Si for Heterojunction Device Applications
Achieving low resistance ohmic contacts for heavily doped devices is critical towards ensuring that contact resistance does not dominate the device performance. Here, we report contact resistance studies done ...
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Multiferroic properties of Dy modified BiFeO3 thin films in comparison with Tb modified BiFeO3 thin films
Coexistence of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic order parameters was observed at room temperature in Bi0.6Dy0.3La0.1FeO3 thin films grown on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates using a pulsed laser deposition technique sim...
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Local Hysteresis Behavior of Ferroelectric Thin Films of Si added PbTiO3
We report ferroelectric properties and local hysteresis behavior of 2 mole percent Si added PbTiO3 thin films grown on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrate by using pulsed laser deposition technique. The ferroelectric hyste...
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Characterization of laser-ablated V2O5 thin films
Vanadium pentoxide thin films have been prepared by the pulsed laser deposition technique. The influence of substrate temperature on the growth of V2O5 films was studied. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X...
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Peak effect at microwave frequencies in swift heavy ion irradiated YBa2Cu3O7-δthin films - investigation of vortex dynamics
The vortex dynamics at microwave frequencies in YBa2Cu3O7-δ(YBCO) films has been studied. We observe a peak in the microwave surface resistance Rs vs. T (temperature) plots at 4.88 GHz in some films in magnetic f...
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Novel ceramic substrates for high Tc superconductors
A group of complex perovskite oxides REBa2NbO6 (RE=La and Dy) have been synthesized and developed for their use as substrates for both YBa2Cu3O7-δ and Bi(2223) superconductors. These materials have a complex cubi...
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1/f Noise properties of swift heavy ion irradiated epitaxial thin films of YBCO
Effect of 250 MeV107Ag ion irradiation induced columnar defects on the noise properties of the YBCO superconductor in the normal and superconducting state have been investigated. Magnitude of the spectral density...
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Microstructure and Temperature Dependence of Microwave Penetration Depth of Ag-YBa2Cu3O7-δ Thin Films
We report the measurements of the magnetic penetration depth λ(T) of Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) thin films in the film thickness range 1500-4000A and temperature range 18-88K. The films are insitu grown by laser...
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Synthesis of thin films of polycrystalline ferroelectric BiNbO4 on Si by pulsed laser ablation
The stibiotantalite (ABO4) family includes a number of ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics with excellent potential for applications. We report the deposition of phase-pure, polycrystalline thin films of BiNbO4
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C-Axis Oriented Thin Films of PbZrO3 on Silicon Substrate by Pulsed Laser Ablation
We report the successful deposition of single phase c-axis oriented films of lead zirconate (PbZrO3) on a silicon substrate by pulsed laser ablation. The formation of the film at different substrate temperatures ...
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LaNiO3 and Cu3Ge contacts to YBa2Cu3O7-x films
Metallization of high-Tc superconductors using low resistivity metal oxides and Cu-Ge alloys has been investigated on high quality pulsed laser deposited epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) films. Epitaxial LaNiO3 (LNO)...
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C-Axis Oriented Ferroelectric thin Films of PbTiO3 on Silicon Substrate by Pulsed Laser Ablation
We are reporting the successful deposition of single phase c-axis oriented ferroelectric thin films of PbTiO3 on Si (100) by pulsed laser deposition. It is shown that the formation of non ferroelectric Pb2Ti2O6 p...
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Oxygen incorporation duringin situ growth of YBCO films on both sides of substrates
Oxygen out-diffusion during cooling and heating ofin situ grown {ie685-1} (YBCO) films in low oxygen pressure used during growth by pulsed laser deposition was studied in the temperature range 700−450°C usingin s...
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Superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O films by rf sputtering in axial magnetic field
Films of Y-Ba-Cu-O system have been prepared by rf sputtering from composite Y-Ba-Cu-O targets in an axial magnetic field in 4:1 Ar/O2 mixture on 〈100〉 SrTiO3 and 〈100〉 MgO substrates at 270°C and 450°C. Although...