The growth and properties of electronic oxide thin films are reviewed. In particular, the
synthesis and properties of superconducting, insulating, conducting, magnetic, and …

[en] Z-contrast electron microscopy provides a new view of materials on the atomic scale, a
direct image of atomic structure composition. Unexpected atomic arrangement generally …

A theory of vortex pinning in high-temperature superconductors by correlated disorder in the
form of twin boundaries, grain boundaries, and columnar defects is described. Mapping …

Single-crystal epitaxial thin films of the isotropic metallic oxides Sr1–x Ca x RuO3 (0≤ x≤ 1)
were grown on miscut SrTiO3 (100) substrates in situ by 90° off-axis sputtering. These thin …

Thin films of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7− δ exhibit both a large
critical current (the superconducting current density generally lies between 1011 and 1012 A …

Long-range order and phase transitions in two-dimensional (2D) systems—such as
magnetism, superconductivity, and crystallinity—have been important research topics for …

Manipulating the morphology of inorganic nanostructures, such as their chirality and
branching structure, has been actively pursued as a means of controlling their electrical …

Rare-earth (RE) scandate single crystals ranging from NdScO3 to DyScO3 were grown by
the conventional Czochralski technique. The crystals were found to have a non …

Spiral surface growth is well understood in the limit where the step motion is controlled by
the local supersaturation of adatoms near the spiral ridge. In epitaxial thin-film growth …

The behavior of the superconducting current density js (B, T) and the dynamical relaxation
rate Q (B, T) of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ thin films exhibits a number of features typical for strong …