Heterointerface engineered electronic and magnetic phases of NdNiO 3 thin films

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Jian ^a,b   Kargarian, Mehdi ^c   Kareev, Mikhail ^a   Gray, Ben ^a   Ryan, Phil J ^d   Cruz, Alejandro ^b   Tahir, Nadeem ^b   Chuang, Yi De ^b   Guo, Jinghua ^b   Rondinelli, James M ^e   Freeland, John W ^d   Fiete, Gregory A ^c   Chakhalian, Jak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL COMPLEX;

INSULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; EVOLUTION; FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL TO INSULATOR TRANSITION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84889243714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3714     Document Type: Article

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