Charge origin and localization at the n-type SrTiO3/LaAlO 3 interface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Jaekwang ^a   Demkov, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 57149133559     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.193104     Document Type: Article

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