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Electronic correlations, layer distinction, and electron doping in the alternating single-layer trilayer LaNiO polymorph

arXiv:2404.19089 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.110.155145

Abstract

We employ a density-functional theory plus dynamical mean-field theory framework to investigate the correlated electronic structure of the alternating single-layer trilayer (1313) polymorph of LaNiO under pressure. At ambient pressure, the single-layer is in a Mott insulating regime and the low-energy physics is dominated by the trilayer block. Under pressure, the gap in the single-layer block closes due to orbital-selective physics, enabling charge transfer into the trilayer block. This change in effective doping of the trilayer block is likely linked to the higher T obtained in LaNiO-1313 ( 80 K) when compared to the nominal trilayer LaNiO ( 30 K). We conclude that correlation-driven layer differentiation is crucial in the LaNiO-1313 polymorph and that its low-energy physics aligns closely with the trilayer LaNiO compound (in spite of the apparent differences in nominal filling) rather than with the conventional bilayer LaNiO.

12 pages, 8 figures

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