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Title: Unexpected termination switching and polarity compensation in LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 heterostructures

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1483035
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AC02-05CH11231
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Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
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Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
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American Physical Society
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United States
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English

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Singh-Bhalla, Guneeta, Rossen, Pim B., Pálsson, Gunnar K., Mecklenburg, Matthew, Orvis, Thomas, Das, Sujit, Tang, Yun-Long, Suresha, Jaganatha S., Yi, Di, Dasgupta, Abhigyan, Doenning, David, Ruiz, Victor G., Yadav, Ajay K., Trassin, Morgan, Heron, John T., Fadley, Charles S., Pentcheva, Rossitza, Ravichandran, Jayakanth, and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy. Unexpected termination switching and polarity compensation in LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 heterostructures. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.112001.
Singh-Bhalla, Guneeta, Rossen, Pim B., Pálsson, Gunnar K., Mecklenburg, Matthew, Orvis, Thomas, Das, Sujit, Tang, Yun-Long, Suresha, Jaganatha S., Yi, Di, Dasgupta, Abhigyan, Doenning, David, Ruiz, Victor G., Yadav, Ajay K., Trassin, Morgan, Heron, John T., Fadley, Charles S., Pentcheva, Rossitza, Ravichandran, Jayakanth, & Ramesh, Ramamoorthy. Unexpected termination switching and polarity compensation in LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 heterostructures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.112001
Singh-Bhalla, Guneeta, Rossen, Pim B., Pálsson, Gunnar K., Mecklenburg, Matthew, Orvis, Thomas, Das, Sujit, Tang, Yun-Long, Suresha, Jaganatha S., Yi, Di, Dasgupta, Abhigyan, Doenning, David, Ruiz, Victor G., Yadav, Ajay K., Trassin, Morgan, Heron, John T., Fadley, Charles S., Pentcheva, Rossitza, Ravichandran, Jayakanth, and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy. Wed . "Unexpected termination switching and polarity compensation in LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 heterostructures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.112001.
@article{osti_1483035,
title = {Unexpected termination switching and polarity compensation in LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 heterostructures},
author = {Singh-Bhalla, Guneeta and Rossen, Pim B. and Pálsson, Gunnar K. and Mecklenburg, Matthew and Orvis, Thomas and Das, Sujit and Tang, Yun-Long and Suresha, Jaganatha S. and Yi, Di and Dasgupta, Abhigyan and Doenning, David and Ruiz, Victor G. and Yadav, Ajay K. and Trassin, Morgan and Heron, John T. and Fadley, Charles S. and Pentcheva, Rossitza and Ravichandran, Jayakanth and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy},
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doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.112001},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 11,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {11}
}

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