Spatially Controlled Octahedral Rotations and Metal–Insulator Transitions in Nickelate Superlattices
Binbin Chen, Nicolas Gauquelin, Robert J. Green, Jin Hong Lee, Cínthia Piamonteze, Matjaž Spreitzer, Daen Jannis, Johan Verbeeck, Manuel Bibès, Mark Huijben, Guus Rijnders, Gertjan Koster
Abstract
= 2. Remarkably, the MIT can be enhanced by imposing a sufficiently large strain even with strongly suppressed octahedral rotations. Our results demonstrate the relevance for the control of oxide functionalities at reduced dimensions.
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