Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers, and Nanocomposites [Hardcover]

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the science of nanostructured oxides. It details the fundamental techniques and methodologies involved in oxides thin film and bulk growth, characterization and device processing, as well as heterostructures. Both, experts in oxide nanostructures and experts in thin film heteroepitaxy, contribute the interactions described within this book.PrefacePaolo Mele, Chaoyang Li, Shunichi Arisawa, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Tamio EndoSUPERCONDUCTORS1) Nanostrucured Oxide Superconducting Films Prepared by Metal Organic DepositionProf. Masashi Miura, Seikei University, Japan2) Substrate engineering for the growth by spin coating of c-axis and non-c-axis HTS epitaxial thin filmsProf. Kazuhiro Endo, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan and Dr. Petre Badica, University of Bucharest, Romania3) High Tc superconductivity in engineered cuprate heterostructuresProf. Giuseppe Balestrino and Dr. Daniele Di Castro, 2nd University of Rome, Italy4) Three dimensional nano-machining in high-Tc oxide superconductors whiskers and thin filmsDr. Shrikant Saini, Hiroshima University, Japan and Prof. Sang Jae Kim, Jeju University, Republic of Korea5) Nanocomposite RE-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductorsDr. Kazumasa Iida, IFW Dresden, Germany6) Design and development of high-Tc superconducting train model using bulk nanocomposite GdBa2Cu3OxMr. Santosh Miryala, St. Mary Int. School, Tokyo, JapanTHERMOELECTRICS7) Nanostructured oxide thermoelectric materials with enhanced phonon scatteringProf. Michitaka Ohtaki, Kyushu University, Japan8) Nanostructured thin films of thermoelectric oxidesDr. Paolo Mele, Hiroshima University, JapanMULTILAYERS AND INTERFACE ENGINEERINGS9)Superlattice thin films with metal oxide and organic layers by atomic layer depositionProf. Maarit Karppinen and Dr. Tommi Tynell, Aalto University, Finland10) Electronic reconstruction at the interface between band insulating oxide: the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 systemDr. Marco Salluzzo, CNR-SPIN, Napoli, Italy11) lsY