336 Index
log–log plot, 247
RBCO films, 248
splayed defect microstructure, 247
STEM images, 246
strain field, 245
TEM images, 246, 248, 249
Slab model
calculations, 307–308
electronic structure
d-band centroid, 319, 320
density of states, 318–319
Fermi level, 319–320
Hammer–N¨orskov model, 319
temperature-dependant optimal
adsorption strength, 320
oxygen adsorption
antibonding states, 322
M–O bond, 320
O–M bond, 321
O–O bond, 320–321
peroxo-configuration, 320, 321
Pt monolayer, 317
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), 304, 305
Space-charge limited current (SCLC), 145
Spintronics devices, 95, 96, 99, 100, 102, 111,
112, 122, 124, 125
SrTiO
3
(001)
intensity ratio, 17
internal structure, non-cubic films, 34–44
RMS roughness, 16
TiO
2
-terminated structure, 28, 29
Structural phase transition (SPT), 70, 82, 86
Surface morphology, 18
T
Thermo-chemical memory (TCM), 160
Thin film vanadium dioxide
crystal structure
monoclinic lattice, 57, 58
rutile lattice, 57
XRD spectrum, 58–59
devices
cross-bar memory structure, 88, 89
current vs.temperature, 85–86
current vs.voltage, 88, 89
free carrier density, 85
switching time, 87
electron transport and material morphology
relative resistance ratio vs.UV exposure
time, 67–68
resistance vs. temperature, 59–61, 63,
66–67
thermal hysteresis curves, 62, 64, 65
energy band structure
CDMFT, 76, 78
dipole selection rules, 73
metal-insulator transition strength,
74–75
near-Fermi level, 71, 72
peak height ratio, 75
PES intensity, 76–78
spectral weight redistribution, 75
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)
data, 72, 73
insulating state nature
CDMFT, 70
Mott transition model, 68
orbital-assisted Mott–Peierls transition,
69
Peierls model, 68
magneto-transport
carrier density, 82
dark clover-leaf pattern, 82–83
electron transport properties, 84
Hall effect, 82
magnetoresistance, 82, 85
material synthesis
film deposition, 53–55
film microstructure, 53
resistance curves, 55, 56
optical properties
conductance, 81–82
electrical resistance plot, 78, 79
infrared reflectance, 80, 81
Time-dependent dielectric breakdown
(TDDB), 139
Titania mesoporous thin film assembly and
nanocrystallization
amorphous titania phase, 265, 266
controlled heat treatment, 264–265
highly crystalline mesoporous structures,
266, 267
nanocrystal concentration limitation, 265
photocatalytic activity, 264
solar energy conversion and photocatalysis,
266
structure-directing surfactant species, 264
transmission electron micrographs, 265
Transition metal oxides (TMO)
binary transition metal oxides
I–V curve, 155
Oxygen ion migration, 154–155
redox reaction process, 155–156
TiO2 thin films, 152–153
complex perovskites
I–V characteristics, 141–142
PCMO films, 144