Final Report Summary - NANOXIDE (Novel Nanoscale Devices based on functional Oxide Interfaces)
On the other hand, a large scientific and technological interest aroused recently on oxide materials, and especially on transition metal oxides, for their rich spectrum of physical properties, and for the extreme sensitivity to external parameters such as electric and magnetic fields, internal or external pressure and so on.
The NANOXIDE project aimed to foster the understanding of structural, chemical and physical properties of selected interfaces between oxide materials and, by controlling and modifying such properties, to engineer new materials and heterostructures for future applications in nano-electronics or photonics. The final goal of the project was the realisation of new nano-scale devices based on oxides showing new functionalities or improved performances with respect to conventional electronic devices. Important outcomes of the project was the progress made in understanding complex physical properties of oxide compounds, engineering of oxide based interfaces with new functional properties for applications in electronics and optoelectronics and the development of novel advanced techniques for materials deposition, characterisation and nano-patterning.