Phase Separation from Electron Confinement at Oxide Interfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Scopigno, N ^a   Bucheli, D ^a   Caprara, S ^a,b   Biscaras, J ^c   Bergeal, N ^c   Lesueur, J ^c   Grilli, M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; INTERFACE STATES; PHASE SEPARATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

ELECTRON CONFINEMENT; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; INTERFACE ELECTRONICS; INTRINSIC MECHANISMS; NEGATIVE COMPRESSIBILITIES; OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES; OXIDE INTERFACES; ROBUST MECHANISMS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84954425565     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.026804     Document Type: Article

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