Local electrostatic imaging of striped domain order in LaAlO 3/SrTiO3

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1112-1118

  Honig, M ^a   Sulpizio, J A ^a   Drori, J ^a   Joshua, A ^a   Zeldov, E ^a   Ilani, S ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING INTERFACE; INCIPIENT FERROELECTRICITIES; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICROSCOPIC LENGTH SCALE; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEM;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LANTHANUM ALLOYS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

STRONTIUM TITANATES;

EID: 84888180039     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3810     Document Type: Article

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