Electronic and Structural Properties of LaNiO₃-Based Heterostructures [electronic resource] /
Fowlie, Jennifer.author.
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 materials very sensitive to external parameters and it is thus possible to dramatically tune their properties. This work on ultrathin LaNiO3 and the solid solution Nd1-xLaxNiO3 has important implications for the search for superconductivity in this class of materials.
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.
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 materials very sensitive to external parameters and it is thus possible to dramatically tune their properties. This work on ultrathin LaNiO3 and the solid solution Nd1-xLaxNiO3 has important implications for the search for superconductivity in this class of materials.
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.