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Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2015, Article ID 654840, 26 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/654840
Review Article

Electrical Switching in Thin Film Structures Based on Transition Metal Oxides

A. Pergament, G. Stefanovich, V. Malinenko, and A. Velichko

Faculty of Physical Engineering, Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk 185910, Russia

Received 6 April 2015; Revised 19 July 2015; Accepted 18 August 2015

Academic Editor: Ram N. P. Choudhary

Copyright © 2015 A. Pergament et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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