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Title: Very high commutation quality factor and dielectric tunability in nanocomposite SrTiO3 thin films with Tc enhanced to >300 °C

Journal Article · · Nanoscale
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR06991J· OSTI ID:1436254
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  1. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy
  2. Univ. Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu (Malaysia). School of Fundamental Science
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Materials Engineering

We report on nanoengineered SrTiO3–Sm2O3nanocomposite thin films with the highest reported values of commutation quality factor (CQF orK-factor) of >2800 in SrTiO3at room temperature.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1436254
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1467201
Report Number(s):
BNL-203593-2018-JAAM; LA-UR-17-23232; NANOHL
Journal Information:
Nanoscale, Vol. 10, Issue 7; ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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