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Metallic Superlattices: The Study of Materials at Length Scales From a Few to Hundreds of Angstroms

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We present the possibilities that metallic superlattices offer for the study of materials at length scales ranging from a few to hundreds of angstroms. The materials problems being studied span practically all interesting solid-state phenomena, including superconductivity, magnetism, elastic behavior, development of novel materials, diffusion, ion beam mixing, crystallization, and amorphization. Several applications are also being pursued. We present a few examples of problems that can be studied at different length scales. Emphasis is made that for a proper study of materials properties, extensive structural characterization is imperative.

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  1. Layered and Thin Film Materials Group at the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA

    Ivan K. Schuller (Senior scientist and group leader)

  2. The Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA

    H. Homma (Assistant physicist)

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Dr. Ivan K. Schuller is a senior scientist and group leader of the Layered and Thin Film Materials Group at the Materials Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory. He is a member of the Chilean Physical Society, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and is currently secretary-treasurer of the International Physics Group of APS. His research interests are in Condensed matter physics, mostly in using thin film techniques to study problems in x-ray optics, superconductivity, and magnetism.

Dr. Hitoshi Homma is an assistant physicist in the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. His research interests include structiiral, magnetic, and transport phenomena at surfaces, Interfaces, and superlattices.

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Schuller, I.K., Homma, H. Metallic Superlattices: The Study of Materials at Length Scales From a Few to Hundreds of Angstroms. MRS Bulletin 12, 18–22 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400068081

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