Modulación de carga artificial en las superredes de titanato de perovskita a escala atómica

A Ohtomo1, D A Muller, J L Grazul

  • 1Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA.

Nature
|September 28, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores estudiaron la detección de carga en óxidos complejos mediante la creación de estructuras en capas. Descubrieron que se necesita un espesor mínimo de cinco capas de LaTiO3 para las propiedades electrónicas de tipo a granel, lo que revela información sobre las heteroestructuras de óxidos de película delgada.

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