Pressure Turns a Nickelate Metallic Without Erasing Its Magnetism (IMAGE)

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Pressure Turns a Nickelate Metallic Without Erasing Its Magnetism

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(a) Crystal structure of La2NiO4, with blue polyhedra representing NiO6 octahedra. (b) G-type AFM arrangement; arrows indicate the Ni spin directions. (c, d) Orbital-projected band structures at 0 and 50 GPa, respectively. The red dashed line marks the Fermi level. The band gap closes near 50 GPa.

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WANG Hanyu

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