Large orbital polarization in nickelate-cuprate heterostructures by dimensional control of oxygen coordination

Liao, Zhaoliang; Skoropata, Elizabeth M.; Freeland, J. W.; Guo, Er-Jia; Desautels, Ryan; Gao, Xiang; Sohn, Changhee; Rastogi, Ankur; Ward, T. Zac; Zou, Tao; Charlton, Timothy R.; Fitzsimmons, Michael R.; Lee, Ho Nyung

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08472-y

Title: Large orbital polarization in nickelate-cuprate heterostructures by dimensional control of oxygen coordination

Journal Article · Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08472-y· OSTI ID:1509586

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Artificial heterostructures composed of dissimilar transition metal oxides provide unprecedented opportunities to create remarkable physical phenomena. Here, we report a means to deliberately control the orbital polarization in LaNiO₃ (LNO) through interfacing with SrCuO₂ (SCO), which has an infinite-layer structure for CuO₂. Dimensional control of SCO results in a planar-type (P-SCO) to chain-type (C-SCO) structure transition depending on the SCO thickness. This transition is exploited to induce either a NiO₅ pyramidal or a NiO₆ octahedral structure at the SCO/LNO interface. Consequently, a large change in the Ni d orbital occupation up to similar to 30% is achieved in P-SCO/LNO superlattices, whereas the Ni e_g orbital splitting is negligible in C-SCO/LNO superlattices. The engineered oxygen coordination triggers a metal-to-insulator transition in SCO/LNO superlattices. Our results demonstrate that interfacial oxygen coordination engineering provides an effective means to manipulate the orbital configuration and associated physical properties, paving a pathway towards the advancement of oxide electronics.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1509586

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1505162

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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