Oxygen vacancy clustering and pseudogap behaviour at the LaAlO 3/SrTiO3 interface

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2014, Pages

  Mohanta, N ^a   Taraphder, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

disorder effects; pseudo gap superconductivity; superconducting film

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; OXIDE; OXYGEN; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANIUM OXIDE; TITANIUM;

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; MAGNET; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; LANTHANUM; MAGNETS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXIDES; OXYGEN; STRONTIUM; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84900441891     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/21/215703     Document Type: Article

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