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Deterministic polarization reversal in ferroelectric and multiferroic films is critical for their exploitation in nanoelectronic devices. While ferroelectricity has been studied for nearly a century, major discrepancies in the reported…
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Highly smooth and c-axis oriented superconducting MgB2 thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with off-axis geometry. The films were deposited on Al2O3-C substrates perpendicularly aligned to a stoichiometric MgB2 target…
This paper details the development of high-quality, c-axis oriented AlN thin films up to 2 {\mu}m thick, using sputtering on platinum-coated SOI substrates for use in piezoelectric MEMS. Our comprehensive studies illustrate how important…
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