Origin of insulating behavior of the p-type LaAlO3/SrTiO 3 interface: Polarization-induced asymmetric distribution of oxygen vacancies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Lixin ^a,b   Zhou, Xiang Feng ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a   Xu, Jing Jun ^a   Li, Jingbo ^c   Wang, E G ^d   Wei, Su Huai ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77957742335     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125412     Document Type: Article

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