Hot electron transport in a strongly correlated transition-metal oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rana, Kumari Gaurav ^a   Yajima, Takeaki ^b,c   Parui, Subir ^a   Kemper, Alexander F ^c   Devereaux, Thomas P ^c   Hikita, Yasuyuki ^c   Hwang, Harold Y ^c,d   Banerjee, Tamalika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874336952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01274     Document Type: Article

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