Layer-controlled orbital-selective Mott transition in monolayer nickelate
Byungmin Sohn, Minjae Kim, Sangjae Lee, Wenzheng Wei, Juan Jiang, Fengmiao Li, Sergey Gorovikov, Marta Zonno, Tor Pedersen, Sergey Zhdanovich, Ying Liu, Huikai Cheng, Ke Zou, Yu He, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Frederick J. Walker, Charles H. Ahn
DOI 10.1103/n92p-xrhl · Physical Review Research
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Abstract
Dimensionality and electronic correlations are crucial elements of many quantum material properties. An example is the change of the electronic structure accompanied by the loss of quasiparticles when a metal is reduced from three dimensions to a lower dimension, where the Coulomb interaction between carriers becomes poorly screened. Here, using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we report an orbital-selective decoherence of spectral density in the perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 toward the monolayer limit. The spectral weight of the dz2 band vanishes much faster than that of the dx2−y2 band as the thickness of the LaNiO3 layer is decreased to a single unit cell, indicating a stronger correlation effect for the former upon dimensional confinement. Dynamical mean-field theory calculations show an orbital-selective Mott transition largely due to the localization of dz2 electrons along the c axis in the monolayer limit. This orbital-selective correlation effect underpins many macroscopic properties of nickelates, such as metal-to-insulator transition and superconductivity, where most theories are built upon a dx2−y2–dz2 two-band model.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaNiO3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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