Striped nanoscale phase separation at the metal-insulator transition of heteroepitaxial nickelates.
Striped nanoscale phase separation at the metal-insulator transition of heteroepitaxial nickelates.
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10.1038/ncomms13141
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发表时间:
2016-11-02
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Caviglia, A. D.
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Mattoni, G.;Zubko, P.;Maccherozzi, F.;van der Torren, A. J. H.;Boltje, D. B.;Hadjimichael, M.;Manca, N.;Catalano, S.;Gibert, M.;Liu, Y.;Aarts, J.;Triscone, J. -M.;Dhesi, S. S.;Caviglia, A. D.
Nucleation processes of mixed-phase states are an intrinsic characteristic of first-order phase transitions, typically related to local symmetry breaking. Direct observation of emerging mixed-phase regions in materials showing a first-order metal–insulator transition (MIT) offers unique opportunities to uncover their driving mechanism. Using photoemission electron microscopy, we image the nanoscale formation and growth of insulating domains across the temperature-driven MIT in NdNiO3 epitaxial thin films. Heteroepitaxy is found to strongly determine the nanoscale nature of the phase transition, inducing preferential formation of striped domains along the terraces of atomically flat stepped surfaces. We show that the distribution of transition temperatures is a local property, set by surface morphology and stable across multiple temperature cycles. Our data provide new insights into the MIT of heteroepitaxial nickelates and point to a rich, nanoscale phenomenology in this strongly correlated material. Probing the evolution of mixed-phase states in materials offers unique insights into the microscopic mechanism of phase transitions. Here, Mattoni et al. report imaging of nanoscale formation and growth of insulating domains across the metal-insulator transition in NdNiO3 thin films, uncovering a rich interplay between structural and electronic degrees of freedom.
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