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American Physical Society, Physical review B, 19(83)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.83.193106

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Tunable two-dimensional or three-dimensional electron gases by submonolayer La doping of SrTiO3

Journal article published in 2011 by P. V. Ong ORCID, Jaichan Lee, Warren E. Pickett
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Abstract

First-principles calculation was used to study the structural and electronic features of the low-dimensional oxide structure, SrTiO3/Sr1-xLaxTiO3 (x = 0.25) superlattices, constructed by submonolayer low-dimensional La doping into SrTiO3. We demonstrate a dimensionality crossover from three-dimensional (3D) to two-dimensional (2D) electronic behavior in the system. Two types of carriers, one confined to 2D and the other extended, are induced in the low-dimensional structure, leading to distinct tunable (3D --> 2D) transport characteristics that will enable the study of many properties (e.g., superconductivity) through this change in dimensionality.