Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2015 (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
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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