Metallic and Insulating Oxide Interfaces Controlled by Electronic Correlations. Jang, H. W., Felker, D. A., Bark, C. W., Wang, Y., Niranjan, M. K., Nelson, C. T., Zhang, Y., Su, D., Folkman, C. M., Baek, S. H., Lee, S., Janicka, K., Zhu, Y., Pan, X. Q., Fong, D. D., Tsymbal, E. Y., Rzchowski, M. S., & Eom, C. B. SCIENCE, 331(6019):886-889, FEB 18, 2011.
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The formation of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at complex oxide interfaces is directly influenced by the oxide electronic properties. We investigated how local electron correlations control the 2DEG by inserting a single atomic layer of a rare-earth oxide (RO) [(R is lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), or yttrium (Y)] into an epitaxial strontium titanate oxide (SrTiO3) matrix using pulsed-laser deposition with atomic layer control. We find that structures with La, Pr, and Nd ions result in conducting 2DEGs at the inserted layer, whereas the structures with Sm or Y ions are insulating. Our local spectroscopic and theoretical results indicate that the interfacial conductivity is dependent on electronic correlations that decay spatially into the SrTiO3 matrix. Such correlation effects can lead to new functionalities in designed heterostructures.
@article{ ISI:000287455100049,
Author = {Jang, H. W. and Felker, D. A. and Bark, C. W. and Wang, Y. and Niranjan,
   M. K. and Nelson, C. T. and Zhang, Y. and Su, D. and Folkman, C. M. and
   Baek, S. H. and Lee, S. and Janicka, K. and Zhu, Y. and Pan, X. Q. and
   Fong, D. D. and Tsymbal, E. Y. and Rzchowski, M. S. and Eom, C. B.},
Title = {{Metallic and Insulating Oxide Interfaces Controlled by Electronic
   Correlations}},
Journal = {{SCIENCE}},
Year = {{2011}},
Volume = {{331}},
Number = {{6019}},
Pages = {{886-889}},
Month = {{FEB 18}},
Abstract = {{The formation of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at complex oxide
   interfaces is directly influenced by the oxide electronic properties. We
   investigated how local electron correlations control the 2DEG by
   inserting a single atomic layer of a rare-earth oxide (RO) {[}(R is
   lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), or
   yttrium (Y)] into an epitaxial strontium titanate oxide (SrTiO3) matrix
   using pulsed-laser deposition with atomic layer control. We find that
   structures with La, Pr, and Nd ions result in conducting 2DEGs at the
   inserted layer, whereas the structures with Sm or Y ions are insulating.
   Our local spectroscopic and theoretical results indicate that the
   interfacial conductivity is dependent on electronic correlations that
   decay spatially into the SrTiO3 matrix. Such correlation effects can
   lead to new functionalities in designed heterostructures.}},
DOI = {{10.1126/science.1198781}},
ISSN = {{0036-8075}},
EISSN = {{1095-9203}},
ResearcherID-Numbers = {{Wang, Yong/F-7019-2010
   Su, Dong/A-8233-2013
   Zhang, Yi/H-4678-2017
   Baek, Seung-Hyub/B-9189-2013
   Tsymbal, Evgeny/G-3493-2013
   Jang, Ho Won/D-9866-2011
   Eom, Chang-Beom/I-5567-2014
   Bark, Chung Wung/B-9534-2014
   Lee, Sanghan/C-8876-2012}},
ORCID-Numbers = {{Wang, Yong/0000-0002-0248-9757
   Su, Dong/0000-0002-1921-6683
   Tsymbal, Evgeny/0000-0002-6728-5480
   Jang, Ho Won/0000-0002-6952-7359
   Bark, Chung Wung/0000-0002-9394-4240
   Lee, Sanghan/0000-0002-5807-864X}},
Unique-ID = {{ISI:000287455100049}},
}

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