Structural and electronic reconstructions at the LaAlO3/ SrTiO3 Interface

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2333-2338

  Salluzzo, M ^a   Gariglio, S ^b   Torrelles, X ^c   Ristic, Z ^a,b,d   Di Capua, R ^a   Drnec, J ^f   Sala, M Moretti ^f   Ghiringhelli, G ^e   Felici, R ^f   Brookes, N B ^f  

^a CNR SPIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

LAO STO; polar oxide interfaces; surface diffraction; two dimensional electron gas (2DEG); X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC RECONSTRUCTION; LAO/STO; POLAR OXIDES; SRTIO; STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE DIFFRACTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG);

ELECTRON GAS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84876461852     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201204555     Document Type: Article

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