Tunable quasi-two-dimensional electron gases in oxide heterostructures

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5795, 2006, Pages 1942-1945

  Thiel, S ^a   Hammerl, G ^a   Schmehl, A ^b   Schneider, C W ^a   Mannhart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSISTORS;

GATE VOLTAGE; METALLIC STATE; OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; LANTHANUM; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; GAS; MOBILITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; GAS; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 33749366224     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131091     Document Type: Article

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27. We thank H. Y. Hwang, A. Kalabukhov, T. Kopp, G. Koster, G. Sawatzky, D. G. Schlom, and J.-M. Triscone for fruitful discussions and interactions and A. Kalabukhov of Chalmers University for performing the cathodoluminescence studies. S.T. acknowledges fruitful scientific interaction with and hospitality provided by the members of the MESA+ institute at the University of Twente during his stay as a visiting scientist. A.S. thanks the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for granting a research scholarship. This project was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung via Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) (EKM 13N6918), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 484), and the European Science Foundation (THIOX). The financial support of the U.S. Office of Naval Research is gratefully acknowledged.