Emergent Phenomena at Oxide Interfaces

Overview

Journal Nat Mater

Date 2012 Jan 25

PMID 22270825

Citations 260

Authors

H Y Hwang

Y Iwasa

M Kawasaki

B Keimer

N Nagaosa

Y Tokura

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Abstract

Recent technical advances in the atomic-scale synthesis of oxide heterostructures have provided a fertile new ground for creating novel states at their interfaces. Different symmetry constraints can be used to design structures exhibiting phenomena not found in the bulk constituents. A characteristic feature is the reconstruction of the charge, spin and orbital states at interfaces on the nanometre scale. Examples such as interface superconductivity, magneto-electric coupling, and the quantum Hall effect in oxide heterostructures are representative of the scientific and technological opportunities in this rapidly emerging field.

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