Dimensionality control of d-orbital occupation in oxide superlattices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jeong, Da Woon ^a,b   Choi, Woo Seok ^c,d   Okamoto, Satoshi ^c   Kim, Jae Young ^e   Kim, Kyung Wan ^f   Moon, Soon Jae ^g   Cho, Deok Yong ^a,b,h   Lee, Ho Nyung ^c   Noh, Tae Won ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^f Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^g Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^h Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84906542774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06124     Document Type: Article

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