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most citedGround state oxygen holes and the metal-insulator transition in the negative charge transfer rare-earth nickelates

305 citations · 874 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Coherent subgap transport in spin-split Josephson junctions

David Caldevilla-Asenjo, Gorm Ole Steffensen, Sara Catalano +6

We report the first experimental observation of subgap transport in ferromagnetic insulator/superconductor/insulator/superconductor junctions realized in EuS/Al/AlOx/Al vertical st…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 1 cited

Signatures of polarized chiral spin disproportionation in rare earth nickelates

Jiarui Li, Robert J. Green, Claribel Domínguez +12

In rare earth nickelates (RENiO), electron-lattice coupling drives a concurrent metal-to-insulator and bond disproportionation phase transition whose microscopic origin has lon…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 9 cited

Spin Hall magnetoresistance effect from a disordered interface

Sara Catalano, Juan M. Gomez-Perez, M. Xochitl Aguilar-Pujol +4

The Spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) emerged as a reference tool to investigate the magnetic properties of materials with an all-electrical set-up. Its sensitivity to the magnetiz…

physics.optics2021★ 77 cited

Microcavity phonon polaritons from weak to ultrastrong phonon-photon coupling

Maria Barra-Burillo, Unai Muniain, Sara Catalano +6

Strong coupling between molecular vibrations and microcavity modes has been demonstrated to modify physical and chemical properties of the molecular material. Here, we study the mu…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 9 cited

Optical properties of LaNiO3 films tuned from compressive to tensile strain

I. Ardizzone, M. Zingl, J. Teyssier +11

Materials with strong electronic correlations host remarkable -- and technologically relevant -- phenomena such as magnetism, superconductivity and metal-insulator transitions. Har…

physics.app-ph2020★ 3 cited

Tuning Ambipolarity in a Polymer Field Effect Transistor using Graphene electrodes

Kaushik Bairagi, Sara Catalano, Francesco Calavalle +4

Polymer field-effect transistors with 2D graphene electrodes are devices that merge the best of two worlds: on the one hand, the low-cost and processability of organic materials an…

physics.app-ph2020★ 7 cited

Top Dielectric Induced Ambipolarity in an n-channel dual-gated Organic Field Effect Transistor

Kaushik Bairagi, Elisabetta Zuccatti, Francesco Calavalle +6

The realization of both p-type and n-type operations in a single organic field effect transistor (OFET) is critical for simplifying the design of complex organic circuits. Typicall…

physics.app-ph2020★ 35 cited

Room-temperature operation of a molecular spin photovoltaic device on a transparent substrate

Kaushik Bairagi, David Garcia Romero, Francesco Calavalle +5

Incorporating multifunctionality along with the spin-related phenomenon in a single device is of great interest for the development of next generation spintronic devices. One of th…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 67 cited

Length-scales of interfacial coupling between metal-insulator phases in oxides

Claribel Domínguez, Alexandru B. Georgescu, Bernat Mundet +10

Controlling phase transitions in transition metal oxides remains a central feature of both technological and fundamental scientific relevance. A well-known example is the metal-ins…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 37 cited

Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO

Jiarui Li, Jonathan Pelliciari, Claudio Mazzoli +9

Strongly correlated quantum solids are characterized by an inherently granular electronic fabric, with spatial patterns that can span multiple length scales in proximity to a criti…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 52 cited

Complex magnetic order in nickelate slabs

Matthias Hepting, Robert J. Green, Zhicheng Zhong +18

Magnetic ordering phenomena have a profound influence on the macroscopic properties of correlated-electron materials, but their realistic prediction remains a formidable challenge.…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 26 cited

Impact of antiferromagnetism on the optical properties of rare earth nickelates

J. Ruppen, J. Teyssier, I. Ardizzone. O. E. Peil +5

We study the temperature dependence of the optical conductivity of rare-earth nickelate films of varying composition and strain close to the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature,…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 28 cited

Multiple supersonic phase fronts launched at a complex-oxide hetero-interface

M. Först, K. R. Beyerlein, R. Mankowsky +16

Selective optical excitation of a substrate lattice can drive phase changes across hetero-interfaces. This phenomenon is a non-equilibrium analogue of static strain control in hete…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 11 cited

Electronic structure of buried LaNiO3 layers in (111)-oriented LaNiO3/LaMnO3 superlattices probed by soft x-ray ARPES

F. Y. Bruno, M. Gibert, S. McKeown Walker +10

Taking advantage of the large electron escape depth of soft x-ray angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy we report electronic structure measurements of (111)-oriented [LaNiO3/La…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 305 cited

Ground state oxygen holes and the metal-insulator transition in the negative charge transfer rare-earth nickelates

Valentina Bisogni, Sara Catalano, Robert J. Green +9

The metal-insulator transitions and the intriguing physical properties of rare-earth perovskite nickelates have attracted considerable attention in recent years. Nonetheless, a com…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 22 cited

Broadband THz spectroscopy of the insulator-metal transition driven by coherent lattice deformation at the SmNiO3/LaAlO3 interface

W. Hu, S. Catalano, M. Gibert +2

We investigate the non-equilibrium insulator-metal transition driven in a SmNiO3 thin film by coherent optical excitation of the LaAlO3 substrate lattice. By probing the transient…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 85 cited

Striped nanoscale phase separation at the metal-insulator transition of heteroepitaxial nickelates

Giordano Mattoni, Pavlo Zubko, Francesco Maccherozzi +11

Nucleation processes of mixed-phase states are an intrinsic characteristic of first-order phase transitions, typically related to local symmetry breaking. Direct observation of eme…

cond-mat.str-el2015★ 1 cited

Optical spectroscopy and the nature of the insulating state of rare-earth nickelates

J. Ruppen, J. Teyssier, O. E. Peil +6

Using a combination of spectroscopic ellipsometry and DC transport measurements, we determine the temperature dependence of the optical conductivity of NdNiO and SmNiO fi…

cond-mat.str-el2015★ 99 cited

Electronic Transitions in Strained SmNiO_3 Thin Films

S. Catalano, M. Gibert, V. Bisogni +10

Nickelates are known for their metal to insulator transition (MIT) and an unusual magnetic ordering, occurring at T=T_Néel. Here, we investigate thin films of SmNiO_3 subjected to…