Synthesis and electronic properties of Ndn+1NinO3n+1 Ruddlesden-Popper nickelate thin films

Pan, Grace A.; Song, Qi; Ferenc Segedin, Dan; Jung, Myung-Chul; El-Sherif, Hesham; Fleck, Erin E.; Goodge, Berit H.; Doyle, Spencer; Córdova Carrizales, Denisse; N'Diaye, Alpha T.; Shafer, Padraic; Paik, Hanjong; Kourkoutis, Lena F.; El Baggari, Ismail; Botana, Antia S.; Brooks, Charles M.; Mundy, Julia A.

doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.6.055003

Title: Synthesis and electronic properties of Nd_n+1NinO_3n+1 Ruddlesden-Popper nickelate thin films

Journal Article · 15 May 2022 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.6.055003 · OSTI ID:1870021

^[1]; Song, Qi ^[2]; Ferenc Segedin, Dan ^[2]; Jung, Myung-Chul ^[3]; El-Sherif, Hesham ^[2]; Fleck, Erin E. ^[4];

^[4]; Doyle, Spencer ^[2]; Córdova Carrizales, Denisse ^[2]; N'Diaye, Alpha T. ^[5]; Shafer, Padraic ^[5];

^[4];

^[4]; El Baggari, Ismail ^[2];

^[3]; Brooks, Charles M. ^[2];

^[2]

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard University
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

The rare-earth nickelates possess a diverse set of collective phenomena including metal-to-insulator transitions, magnetic phase transitions, and, upon chemical reduction, superconductivity. In this work, we demonstrate epitaxial stabilization of layered nickelates in the Ruddlesden-Popper form, Nd_n+1NinO_3n+1, using molecular beam epitaxy. By optimizing the stoichiometry of the parent perovskite NdNiO₃, we can reproducibly synthesize the n = 1–5 member compounds. X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the O K and Ni L edges indicate systematic changes in both the nickel-oxygen hybridization level and nominal nickel filling from 3$d^8$ to 3$d^7$ as we move across the series from n = 1 to n = ∞. The n = 3 – 5 compounds exhibit weakly hysteretic metal-to-insulator transitions with transition temperatures that depress with increasing order toward NdNiO₃ (n = ∞).

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Research Organization:: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); Packard Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0021925

OSTI ID:: 1870021

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 6; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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