Revealing the role of lattice distortions in the hydrogen-induced metal-insulator transition of SmNiO3

Proton doping can induce metal-insulator transitions in rare-earth nickelates, demonstrating the complex interplay between dopants and electronic degrees of freedom. Chen et al. use results on strained films to argue that local proton-induced lattice distortions strongly influence the transition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jikun Chen, Wei Mao, Binghui Ge, Jiaou Wang, Xinyou Ke, Vei Wang, Yiping Wang, Max Döbeli, Wentong Geng, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Jian Shi, Yong Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08613-3