Suppression of the critical thickness threshold for conductivity at the LaAlO3 /SrTiO3 interface

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lesne, E ^a,b   Reyren, N ^a,b   Doennig, D ^c   Mattana, R ^a,b   Jaffres H ^a,b   Cros, V ^a,b   Petroff, F ^a,b   Choueikani, F ^d   Ohresser, P ^d   Pentcheva, R ^c,e   Barthelemy A ^a,b   Bibes, M ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

COBALT; CONDUCTIVITY; DECADAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84903977520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5291     Document Type: Article

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