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Electronics with correlated oxides: SrVO₃/SrTiO₃ as a Mott transistor

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arxiv 1312.5989 v1 pith:H4XJNSIW submitted 2013-12-20 cond-mat.str-el

Electronics with correlated oxides: SrVO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ as a Mott transistor

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keywords mott-hubbardsrvotransitionfieldlayerssrtiotheorytransistor
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We employ density functional theory plus dynamical mean field theory and identify the physical origin of why two layers of SrVO$_3$ on a SrTiO$_3$ substrate are insulating: the thin film geometry lifts the orbital degeneracy which in turn triggers a Mott-Hubbard transition. Two layers of SrVO$_3$ are just at the verge of a Mott-Hubbard transition and hence ideally suited for technological applications of the Mott-Hubbard transition: the heterostructure is highly sensitive to strain, electric field, and temperature. A gate voltage can also turn the insulator into a metal, so that a transistor with ideal on-off (metal-insulator) switching properties is realized.

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