Non-conducting interfaces of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 produced in sputter deposition: The role of stoichiometry

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dildar, I M ^a   Boltje, D B ^a   Hesselberth, M H S ^a   Aarts, J ^a   Xu, Q ^b   Zandbergen, H W ^b   Harkema, S ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY TECHNIQUE; FLAT SURFACES; OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE; RF-SPUTTERING; SRTIO; TIO;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84875963819     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4798828     Document Type: Article

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