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Sol–gel derived amorphous LaNbOx films for forming-free RRAM applications

Jing-Han Wang, I.-Chun Ling, Tsung-Hsien Hsu, Cheng-Liang Huang

Applied Physics A· Volume 130· Issue 4
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