First-principles studies of a two-dimensional electron gas at the interface in ferroelectric oxide heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Yong ^a   Niranjan, Manish K ^a   Jaswal, S S ^a   Tsymbal, Evgeny Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 72649097022     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165130     Document Type: Article

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