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Electronic and Structural Properties of LaNiO₃-Based Heterostructures

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Jennifer Fowlie

    1. Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Contains a general introduction to the fields of transition metal oxides and of heterostructures as well as the importance of their overlap
  • Features a method of determining magnitudes of oxygen octahedral rotations in perovskites by synchrotron x-ray diffraction

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction to Perovskite Oxides

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 1-8

  3. Introduction to Thin Film Physics

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 9-17

  4. Introduction to the Nickelates

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 19-30

  5. Experimental Techniques

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 31-48

  6. Quantifying Octahedral Distortions in Perovskites

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 49-64

  7. Ultrathin LaNiO\(_{3}\)

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 65-77

  8. The Nd\(_{1-x}\)La\(_{x}\)NiO\(_{3}\) Solid Solution

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 79-95

  9. Conclusions and Perspectives

    • Jennifer Fowlie
    Pages 97-98

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 99-101
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About this book

This thesis explores an amazing family of oxide compounds - the nickelates - known for their metal-to-insulator transition and, in the case of LaNiO3, to be a possible building block for designing a synthetic high Tc superconductor. Competition between various fascinating phases makes these materials very sensitive to external parameters and it is thus possible to dramatically tune their properties. This work on ultrathin LaNiO3 and the solid solution Nd1-xLaxNiO3 has important implications for the search for superconductivity in this class of materials.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Jennifer Fowlie

About the author

Jennifer Fowlie obtained her Master in physics in 2013 from the University of St Andrews before pursuing graduate studies at the University of Geneva. While in Geneva she worked mostly on growth of nickelate based heterostructures and their characterisation by various means.

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