Interface control by chemical and dimensional matching in an oxide heterostructure

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 347-353

  O'Sullivan, Marita ^a   Hadermann, Joke ^b   Dyer, Matthew S ^a   Turner, Stuart ^b   Alaria, Jonathan ^a   Manning, Troy D ^a   Abakumov, Artem M ^b   Claridge, John B ^a   Rosseinsky, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84961613774     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2441     Document Type: Article

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