Epitaxial Growth of Complex Metal Oxides

Gertjan Koster is a Professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He is also a visiting professor at the Joseph Stephan Institute in Slovenia. His current research focuses on the growth and study of artificial materials, the physics of reduced scale (nanoscale) materials, metal–insulator transitions, and in situ spectroscopic characterization. Mark Huijben is a Professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He is also a Guest Scientist of the IEK-1 Electrochemical Storage Department at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. His research currently focuses on nanostructured thin films for advanced energy conversion and storage. Guus Rijnders is a Professor and Chairman of Inorganic Materials Science, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands. His research currently focuses on the integration of functional and smart materials with electronic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

• Part 1 Epitaxial growth techniques1. Molecular beam epitaxy for the growth of complex oxide materials2. Physical vapour deposition for the growth of complex oxide materials3. Chemical vapour deposition for the growth of complex oxide materials4. Pulsed laser deposition for the growth of complex metal oxides5. Sputtering of complex metal oxides6. Synthesis and surface engineering of complex metal oxides by atomic layer deposition7. Hybrid molecular beam epitaxy for the growth of complex metal oxide materials8. High pressure synthesis of transition metal oxidesPart 2 Epitaxial growth and functional properties of complex metal oxides9. Epitaxial growth of ferroelectrics and multiferroics10. Growth study of epitaxial oxide thin films using Reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED)11. Epitaxial growth of piezoelectrics12. Epitaxial growth of superconducting oxides13. Epitaxial growth of magnetic oxide thin films14. Strain engineering during epitaxial growth of complex metal oxides15. Defects, impurities and transport phenomenon in complex oxide crystals16. In situ x-ray scattering of epitaxial oxide thin films17. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) of epitaxial oxide thin filmsPart 3 Applications of complex metal oxides18. Optoelectronics: an application of complex metal oxides19. Spintronics: an application of complex metal oxides20. Thermoelectric complex metal oxides21. Solid oxide fuel cells based complex metal oxides22. Applications of complex metal oxides in catalysis23. PiezoMEMS based on complex metal oxides