Origin of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at LaAlO3=SrTiO3 Interfaces: The Role of Oxygen Vacancies and Electronic Reconstruction

Physical Review X

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Z Q ^a   Li, C J ^a   Lu W M ^a   Huang, X H ^a   Huang, Z ^a   Zeng, S W ^a   Qiu, X P ^a   Huang, L S ^a   Annadi, A ^a   Chen, J S ^a   Coey, J M D ^a,b   Venkatesan, T ^a   Ariando, ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS OVERLAYERS; CATASTROPHE MECHANISMS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; CRITICAL THICKNESS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; ELECTRONIC RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFACE CONDUCTIVITY; METALLIC INTERFACES;

ANNEALING; DISASTERS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; POLARIZATION; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 84879726153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.021010     Document Type: Article

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