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← ScienceWhich phenomenon causes metallic conduction at interfaces between two insulating oxides?
A)Interface charge carrier quantum confinement✓
B)Bulk electronic band structure alignment
C)Oxygen vacancy ordering under bias
D)Surface plasmon polariton resonance
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When two insulating oxides are joined forming a heterostructure, interface charge carrier quantum confinement occurs because the conduction band edge of one oxide lies below the Fermi level of the other, creating a confined two-dimensional electron gas. Therefore metallic conduction results, rather than alignment, ordering, or resonance which all require different underlying conditions.
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