Cation mixing, band offsets and electric fields at LaAlO 3/SrTiO3(001) heterojunctions with variable La:Al atom ratio

Surface Science

Volumn 605, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1381-1387

  Qiao, L ^a   Droubay, T C ^a   Kaspar, T C ^a   Sushko, P V ^b   Chambers, S A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cation intermixing; LaAlO3 SrTiO3 interface

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT INTERFACE MODELS; ANGLE RESOLVED X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ATOM RATIO; BAND OFFSETS; BANDBENDING; CATION INTERMIXING; CATION MIXING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; INTERFACIAL INTERMIXING; LAALO3/SRTIO3 INTERFACE; SRTIO; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; UNIT CELLS; VALENCE BAND OFFSETS; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS;

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; MIXING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; VALENCE BANDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 79959844912     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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