Giant spin-splitting on the surface of strontium titanate
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The need for ever faster and more efficient electronic devices is growing rapidly, and thus the demand for new materials with new properties. Oxides, especially ones based on strontium titanate (SrTiO3), play an important role here. Researchers recently discovered that SrTiO3, although actually an insulator, can form a metallic layer on its surface, in which electric current can flow.