Observation of an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in high-purity LaNiO3

Changjiang Liu; Vincent F.C. Humbert; Terence M. Bretz-Sullivan; Gensheng Wang; Deshun Hong; Friederike Wrobel; Jianjie Zhang; Jason D. Hoffman; John E. Pearson; J. Samuel Jiang; Clarence Chang; Alexey Suslov; Nadya Mason; M. R. Norman; Anand Bhattacharya

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15143-w

Observation of an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in high-purity LaNiO₃

Changjiang Liu, Vincent F.C. Humbert, Terence M. Bretz-Sullivan, Gensheng Wang, Deshun Hong, Friederike Wrobel, Jianjie Zhang, Jason D. Hoffman, John E. Pearson, J. Samuel Jiang, Clarence Chang, Alexey Suslov, Nadya Mason, M. R. Norman, Anand Bhattacharya

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Amongst the rare-earth perovskite nickelates, LaNiO₃ (LNO) is an exception. While the former have insulating and antiferromagnetic ground states, LNO remains metallic and non-magnetic down to the lowest temperatures. It is believed that LNO is a strange metal, on the verge of an antiferromagnetic instability. Our work suggests that LNO is a quantum critical metal, close to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point (QCP). The QCP behavior in LNO is manifested in epitaxial thin films with unprecedented high purities. We find that the temperature and magnetic field dependences of the resistivity of LNO at low temperatures are consistent with scatterings of charge carriers from weak disorder and quantum fluctuations of an antiferromagnetic nature. Furthermore, we find that the introduction of a small concentration of magnetic impurities qualitatively changes the magnetotransport properties of LNO, resembling that found in some heavy-fermion Kondo lattice systems in the vicinity of an antiferromagnetic QCP.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1402
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15143-w
State	Published - Dec 1 2020

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Liu, C., Humbert, V. F. C., Bretz-Sullivan, T. M., Wang, G., Hong, D., Wrobel, F., Zhang, J., Hoffman, J. D., Pearson, J. E., Jiang, J. S., Chang, C., Suslov, A., Mason, N., Norman, M. R., & Bhattacharya, A. (2020). Observation of an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in high-purity LaNiO₃ Nature communications, 11(1), [1402]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15143-w

Observation of an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in high-purity LaNiO₃ . / Liu, Changjiang; Humbert, Vincent F.C.; Bretz-Sullivan, Terence M.; Wang, Gensheng; Hong, Deshun; Wrobel, Friederike; Zhang, Jianjie; Hoffman, Jason D.; Pearson, John E.; Jiang, J. Samuel; Chang, Clarence; Suslov, Alexey; Mason, Nadya; Norman, M. R.; Bhattacharya, Anand.

In: Nature communications, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1402, 01.12.2020.

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Liu, C, Humbert, VFC, Bretz-Sullivan, TM, Wang, G, Hong, D, Wrobel, F, Zhang, J, Hoffman, JD, Pearson, JE, Jiang, JS, Chang, C, Suslov, A, Mason, N, Norman, MR & Bhattacharya, A 2020, 'Observation of an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in high-purity LaNiO₃ ', Nature communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 1402. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15143-w

Liu, Changjiang ; Humbert, Vincent F.C. ; Bretz-Sullivan, Terence M. ; Wang, Gensheng ; Hong, Deshun ; Wrobel, Friederike ; Zhang, Jianjie ; Hoffman, Jason D. ; Pearson, John E. ; Jiang, J. Samuel ; Chang, Clarence ; Suslov, Alexey ; Mason, Nadya ; Norman, M. R. ; Bhattacharya, Anand. / Observation of an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in high-purity LaNiO₃ In: Nature communications. 2020 ; Vol. 11, No. 1.

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