Electronic and Structural Properties of LaNiO₃-Based Heterostructures

• Main Author: Fowlie, Jennifer (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

This thesis explores an amazing family of oxide compounds - the nickelates - known for their metal-to-insulator transition and, in the case of LaNiO3, to be a possible building block for designing a synthetic high Tc superconductor. Competition between various fascinating phases makes these material...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Perovskite Oxides
• Thin Film Physics
• The Nickelates
• Experimental Techniques
• Quantifying Octahedral Distortions in Perovskites
• Ultrathin LaNiO3
• The Nd1−xLaxNiO3 Solid Solution
• Conclusions and Perspectives
• Bibliography.