Schottky barriers at transition-metal/ SrTiO3 (001) interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Mrovec, M ^a,b   Albina, J M ^a,b   Meyer, B ^c   Elsasser C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 67650146251     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.245121     Document Type: Article

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