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A quasi two-dimensional electron gas confined at the interface between two semiconductors is a nearly ideal low disordered system. Its low temperature transport properties are dominated by a large variety of quantum phenomena. Some recent theoretical and experimental studies on the correlation energy of the plasma, on the spin-splitting of the conduction band, on the observation of weak antilocalization and on a unified understanding of the Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall effects are discussed in order to illustrate the very rich physics of these artificial structures.
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Etienne, B. (1995). Electron Conduction and Quantum Phenomena in 2D Heterostructures. In: Beltrametti, E.G., Lévy-Leblond, JM. (eds) Advances in Quantum Phenomena. NATO ASI Series, vol 347. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1975-1_10
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