Conducting channel at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Z ^a   Wang, X Renshaw ^a   Liu, Z Q ^a   Lu W M ^a   Zeng, S W ^a   Annadi, A ^a   Tan, W L ^a   Qiu, X P ^a   Zhao, Y L ^a   Salluzzo, M ^b   Coey, J M D ^a,c   Venkatesan, T ^a   Ariando, ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CNR SPIN   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84887053694     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.161107     Document Type: Article

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