Persistent photoconductivity in 2D electron gases at different oxide interfaces

Advanced Optical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 834-843

  Di Gennaro, Emiliano ^a   di Uccio, Umberto Scotti ^a   Aruta, Carmela ^a   Cantoni, Claudia ^b   Gadaleta, Alessandro ^c   Lupini, Andrew R ^b   Maccariello, Davide ^a   Marré, Daniele ^c   Pallecchi, Ilaria ^c   Paparo, Domenico ^a   Perna, Paolo ^a   Riaz, Muhammad ^a   Granozio, Fabio Miletto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D electron gas; Interfaces; Oxides; Photoconductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888037889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21951071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201300150     Document Type: Article

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