Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Interfaces between hexagonal and cubic oxides and their structure alternatives

  • Hua Zhou,
  • Lijun Wu,
  • Hui-Qiong Wang,
  • Jin-Cheng Zheng,
  • Lihua Zhang,
  • Kim Kisslinger,
  • Yaping Li,
  • Zhiqiang Wang,
  • Hao Cheng,
  • Shanming Ke,
  • Yu Li,
  • Junyong Kang,
  • Yimei Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01655-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The control over the crystallographic orientation at functional oxide interfaces is crucial to the performance of oxide-based electronics. Here, Zhou et al. provide a detailed insight into the thermodynamic and kinetic process of nucleation-mediated crystal growth at the ZnO and MgO interface.