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Crystal structure stability and electronic properties of the layered nickelate La4Ni3O10

Danilo Puggioni, James M. Rondinelli

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115116 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate the crystal structure and the electronic properties of the trilayer nickelate La4Ni3O10 by means of quantum-mechanical calculations in the framework of the density-functional theory. We find that, at low temperature, La4Ni3O10 undergoes a hitherto unreported structural phase transition and transforms to a new monoclinic P21/a phase. This phase exhibits electronic properties in agreement with recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy data reported in H. Li et al., [Nat. Commun. 8, 704 (2017)] and should be considered in models focused on explaining the observed ∼140 K metal-to-metal phase transition.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
La2-xBaxCuO4

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