Resonant tunnelling in a quantum oxide superlattice

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Choi, Woo Seok ^a,b   Lee, Sang A ^b,c   You, Jeong Ho ^d   Lee, Suyoun ^a,e   Lee, Ho Nyung ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^d Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^e Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM OXIDE SUPERLATTICE; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; PEROVSKITE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESONANCE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESONANT TUNNELLING; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84933050606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8424     Document Type: Article

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