Instability, intermixing and electronic structure at the epitaxial LaAlO3SrTiO3(001) heterojunction

Surface Science Reports

Volumn 65, Issue 10-12, 2010, Pages 317-352

  Chambers, S A ^a   Engelhard, M H ^a   Shutthanandan, V ^a   Zhu, Z ^a   Droubay, T C ^a   Qiao, L ^a   Sushko, P V ^b   Feng, T ^c   Lee, H D ^c   Gustafsson, T ^c   Garfunkel, E ^c   Shah, A B ^d   Zuo, J M ^d   Ramasse, Q M ^e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e SUPERSTEM LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MIXING; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STABILITY; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VALENCE BANDS;

BAND DISCONTINUITIES; CLASSICAL FORCE FIELDS; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY; ELECTROSTATIC STABILITY; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; VALENCE BAND DISCONTINUITY;

TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78149358778     PISSN: 01675729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfrep.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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