The development of electron and scanning probe microscopies in the second half of the
twentieth century has produced spectacular images of the internal structure and composition …

Phase change materials are a technologically important materials class and are used for
data storage in rewritable DVDs and in phase change random access memory. Furthermore …

The oxidation of species in the plasma plume during pulsed laser deposition controls both
the stoichiometry as well as the growth kinetics of the deposited SrTiO3 thin films, instead of …

An oxygen vacancy driven structural response at the epitaxial interface between La 0.7 Sr
0.3 MnO 3 films and SrTiO 3 substrates is reported. A combined scanning transmission …

Reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) has by now become a standard tool for
in situ monitoring of film growth by pulsed laser deposition and molecular beam epitaxy. Yet …

Ge-Sb-Te thin films were obtained by ns-, ps-, and fs-pulsed laser deposition (PLD) in
various experimental conditions. The thickness of the samples was influenced by the Nd …

We observe an induced switchable magnetic moment of 1.6±0.40 μ B/Fe for the nominally
antiferromagnetic LaFe O 3 extending two to four interface layers into the non–charge …

We have investigated the effect of helium buffer gas on the moderation of the kinetic energy
of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) plumes during the growth of SrTiO3 thin films. Atomically …

We report on the stability of the La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 thin film surface when deposited on
(111)-oriented SrTiO 3. For ultrathin La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 films, an initial 3-dimensional …

The trend to reduce device dimensions demands increasing attention to atomic-scale details
of structure of thin films as well as to pathways to control it. This is of special importance in …