Tuning of the carrier localization, magnetic and thermoelectric properties in ultrathin (LaNiO${}_{3-\delta }$)${}_1$/(LaAlO${}_3$)${}_1$(001) superlattices by oxygen vacancies

Manish Verma, Rossitza Pentcheva

Using a combination of density functional theory calculations with an on-site Coulomb repulsion term (DFT+$U$) and Boltzmann transport theory within the constant relaxation time ap…