Large kinetic asymmetry in the metal-insulator transition nucleated at localized and extended defects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Fan, W ^a,b   Cao, J ^a,c   Seidel, J ^c   Gu, Y ^d   Yim, J W ^a,c   Barrett, C ^a,c   Yu, K M ^c   Ji, J ^b   Ramesh, R ^a,c   Chen, L Q ^d   Wu, J ^a,c  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961188827     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.235102     Document Type: Article

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