Control of electronic conduction at an oxide heterointerface using surface polar adsorbates

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Xie, Yanwu ^a,b   Hikita, Yasuyuki ^b   Bell, Christopher ^b   Hwang, Harold Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; LANTHANUM OXIDE; OXIDE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM OXIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERFACE PRESSURE; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 80055044985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1501     Document Type: Article

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