Creation of a two-dimensional electron gas at an oxide interface on silicon
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS(2010)
Abstract
In recent years, reversible control over metal-insulator transition has been shown, at the nanoscale, in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at the interface between two complex oxides. These materials have thus been suggested as possible platforms for developing ultrahigh-density oxide nanoelectronics. A prerequisite for the development of these new technologies is the integration with existing semiconductor electronics platforms. Here, we demonstrate room-temperature conductivity switching of 2DEG nanowires formed at atomically sharp LaAlO 3 /SrTiO 3 (LAO/STO) heterointerfaces grown directly on (001) Silicon (Si) substrates. The room-temperature electrical transport properties of LAO/STO heterointerfaces on Si are comparable with those formed from a SrTiO 3 bulk single crystal. The ability to form reversible conducting nanostructures directly on Si wafers opens new opportunities to incorporate ultrahigh-density oxide nanoelectronic memory and logic elements into well-established Si-based platforms.
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Physical sciences, Applied physics, Electronic materials and devices, Materials science, Synthesis and processing
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