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标题：Influence of tensile-strain-induced oxygen deficiency on metal-insulator transitions in NdNiO3−δ epitaxial thin films
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作者：Seungyang Heo ; Chadol Oh ; Junwoo Son 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.1038/s41598-017-04884-2
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：We report direct evidence that oxygen vacancies affect the structural and electrical parameters in tensile-strained NdNiO3-δ epitaxial thin films by elaborately adjusting the amount of oxygen deficiency (δ) with changing growth temperature T D. The modulation in tensile strain and T D tended to increase oxygen deficiency (δ) in NdNiO3-δ thin films; this process relieves tensile strain of the thin film by oxygen vacancy incorporation. The oxygen deficiency is directly correlated with unit-cell volume and the metal-insulator transition temperature (T MI), i.e., resulting in the increase of both unit-cell volume and metal-insulator transition temperature as oxygen vacancies are incorporated. Our study suggests that the intrinsic defect sensitively influences both structural and electronic properties, and provides useful knobs for tailoring correlation-induced properties in complex oxides.