Polarization discontinuity induced two-dimensional electron gas at ZnO/Zn(Mg)O interfaces: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Betancourt, J ^a   Saavedra Arias, J J ^a   Burton, J D ^b   Ishikawa, Y ^a   Tsymbal, E Y ^b   Velev, J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84884516050     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.085418     Document Type: Article

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