Tailoring a two-dimensional electron gas at the LaAlO3/ SrTiO3 (001) interface by epitaxial strain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4720-4724

  Bark, C W ^a   Felker, D A ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Zhangd, Y ^c,d   Jang, H W ^a   Folkman, C M ^a   Park, J W ^a   Baek, S H ^a   Zhou, H ^e   Fong, D D ^e   Pan, X Q ^c   Tsymbal, E Y ^b   Rzchowski, M S ^a   Eom, C B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic transport; Oxide interface; Polar discontinuity

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALUMINATE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79953175308     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014849108     Document Type: Article

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