Imaging the evolution of metallic states in a correlated iridate

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 707-713

  Okada, Yoshinori ^a   Walkup, Daniel ^a   Lin, Hsin ^b   Dhital, Chetan ^a   Chang, Tay Rong ^c   Khadka, Sovit ^a   Zhou, Wenwen ^a   Jeng, Horng Tay ^c,d   Paranjape, Mandar ^a   Bansil, Arun ^b   Wang, Ziqiang ^e   Wilson, Stephen D ^a   Madhavan, Vidya ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; ELECTRONS; IRIDIUM;

CHARGE EXCITATIONS; EMERGENT PHENOMENON; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; INSULATING STATE; RUDDLESDEN-POPPER SERIES; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84880776377     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3653     Document Type: Article

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