Spin-polarized wide electron slabs in functionally graded polar oxide heterostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ye, Jiandong ^a,b   Ter Lim, Sze ^c   Bosman, Michel ^d   Gu, Shulin ^a   Zheng, Youdou ^a   Tan, Hark Hoe ^b   Jagadish, Chennupati ^b   Sun, Xiaowei ^e   Teo, Kie Leong ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84864459247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00533     Document Type: Article

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