Article: Epitaxy grows neodymium nickel oxide on silicon. (Coatings).

Researchers at North Carolina State University, USA, say they have grown and integrated single-crystal films of neodymium nickel oxide (NdNi[O.sub.3]) on silicon substrates using a patented domain-matching epitaxy technique. NdNi[O.sub.3] films undergo a very sharp metal-insulator (M-I) transition as a function of temperature, making them useful for applications such as bolometers, optical switches and actuators. The observed M--I transition in epitaxial NdNi[O.sub.3] films is much sharper--with more than 4 orders of magnitude change in resistivity--than that usually observed in bulk and polycrystalline films.

The researchers have also developed a method of ...

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