Atomic-scale control of competing electronic phases in ultrathin LaNiO 3

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 443-447

  King, P D C ^a,b   Wei, H I ^b   Nie, Y F ^a,b   Uchida, M ^b   Adamo, C ^a   Zhu, S ^a   He, X ^c   Bozovic I ^c   Schlom, D G ^a   Shen, K M ^a,b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FERMI LIQUIDS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES; TRANSITION METALS;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SCALE CONTROL; CRITICAL FILM THICKNESS; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC PHASIS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; QUANTUM MANY-BODY SYSTEMS; STRONG INTERACTION;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

NANOFILM; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84902125502     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.59     Document Type: Article

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