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Title: Anomalous electron transport in epitaxial NdNiO 3 films

Journal Article · · Physical Review B

The origin of simultaneous electronic, structural, and magnetic transitions in bulk rare-earth nickelates (RENiO3) remains puzzling with multiple conflicting reports on the nature of these entangled phase transitions. Heterostructure engineering of these materials offers unique opportunity to decouple the metal-insulator transition (MIT) from the magnetic transition. Yet, the evolution of underlying electronic properties across these decoupled transitions remains largely unexplored. In order to address this, we have calculated Hall effect on a series of epitaxial NdNiO 3 films, spanning a variety of electronic and magnetic phases. We find that the MIT results in only a partially gapped Fermi surface, whereas the full insulating phase forms below the magnetic transition. Moreover, we also find a systematic reduction of the Hall coefficient RH in the metallic phase of these films with epitaxial strain and also a surprising transition to a negative value at large compressive strain. The partially gapped, weakly insulating, paramagnetic phase is reminiscence of pseudogap behavior of high-Tc cuprates. The precursor metallic phase, which undergoes transition to the insulating phase, is a non-Fermi liquid with a temperature exponent n of resistivity of 1, whereas the exponent increases to 4/3 in the noninsulating samples. Such a nickelate phase diagram with sign reversal of RH, a pseudogap phase, and non-Fermi-liquid behavior is intriguingly similar to high-Tc cuprates, giving crucial guidelines to engineer unconventional superconductivity in oxide heterostructures.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; SC00012375; AC02-98CH10886; DOE DE-SC 00012375
OSTI ID:
1561256
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1529699
Report Number(s):
BNL-212072-2019-JAAM; PRBMDO; TRN: US2000610
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 99, Issue 23; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 13 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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