Thin Films and Heterostructures for Oxide Electronics [Hardcover]

Oxides form a broad subject area of research and technology development which encompasses different disciplines such as materials science, solid state chemistry, physics etc. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the interplay of these fields and to provide an introduction to the techniques and methodologies involving film growth, characterization and device processing. The literature in this field is thus fairly scattered in different research journals covering one or the other aspect of the specific activity. This situation calls for a book that will consolidate this information and thus enable a beginner as well as an expert to get an overall perspective of the field, its foundations, and its projected progress.

Oxides form a broad subject area of research and technology development which encompasses different disciplines such as materials science, solid state chemistry, physics etc. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the interplay of these fields and to provide an introduction to the techniques and methodologies involving film growth, characterization and device processing. The literature in this field is thus fairly scattered in different research journals covering one or the other aspect of the specific activity. This situation calls for a book that will consolidate this information and thus enable a beginner as well as an expert to get an overall perspective of the field, its foundations, and its projected progress.

Ferroelectrics, Nano-scale phenomena, High k Dielectrics.- Nanoscale Phenomena in Ferroelectric Thin Films.- High-K Candidates for use as the Gate Dielectric in Silicon MOSFETs.- Science and Technology of High-Dielectric Constant (K) Thin Films for Next Generation CMOS.- Magnetic Memory and Spintronics.- Materials Requirements for Magnetic Random-Access Memory (MRAM) Devices.- Maganites, Magnetite, and Double-Perovskite Thin Films and Heterostructures.- Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors and Insulators.- DilutlSH