Engineered Mott ground state in a LaTiO3+δ/LaNiO3 heterostructure

Yanwei Cao; Xiaoran Liu; M. Kareev; D. Choudhury; S. Middey; D. Meyers; J.-W. Kim; P. J. Ryan; J.W. Freeland; J. Chakhalian

doi:10.1038/ncomms10418

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Engineered Mott ground state in a LaTiO3+δ/LaNiO3 heterostructure

Yanwei Cao,
Xiaoran Liu,
M. Kareev,
D. Choudhury,
S. Middey,
D. Meyers,
J.-W. Kim,
P. J. Ryan,
J.W. Freeland,
J. Chakhalian

Affiliations

Yanwei Cao: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
Xiaoran Liu: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
M. Kareev: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
D. Choudhury: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
S. Middey: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
D. Meyers: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
J.-W. Kim: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
P. J. Ryan: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
J.W. Freeland: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
J. Chakhalian: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10418
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Interfaces between two dissimilar transition metal oxides can exhibit emergent strongly correlated electronic and magnetic states due to charge transfer and electronic reconfiguration. Here, the authors synthesize and investigate an exotic Mott ground state in LaTiO3+δ/LaNiO3heterostructures.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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