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SCIENCE
卷 332, 期 6032, 页码 937-940出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1202647
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [TRR80, C1]
- Schweizerische Nationalfonds [200020-129484]
- NCCR-MaNEP
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200020_129484] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
The competition between collective quantum phases in materials with strongly correlated electrons depends sensitively on the dimensionality of the electron system, which is difficult to control by standard solid-state chemistry. We have fabricated superlattices of the paramagnetic metal lanthanum nickelate (LaNiO(3)) and the wide-gap insulator lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO(3)) with atomically precise layer sequences. We used optical ellipsometry and low-energy muon spin rotation to show that superlattices with LaNiO(3) as thin as two unit cells undergo a sequence of collective metal-insulator and antiferromagnetic transitions as a function of decreasing temperature, whereas samples with thicker LaNiO(3) layers remain metallic and paramagnetic at all temperatures. Metal-oxide superlattices thus allow control of the dimensionality and collective phase behavior of correlated-electron systems.
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