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Introduction to the Nickelates

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Nickelates are one of the central families of the transition metal oxides, serving as a canonical example of the rich physics of TMOs. As perovskites, their chemical formula is RNiO\(_3\) where the R represents a rare earth cation, mostly from the lanthanide series, lanthanum to lutetium, with only cerium, praseodymium and terbium unable to be substituted onto the A-site, probably due to their preferential oxidation state of 4+. As the R substitution progresses along the rare earths, the ionic radius decreases, which enhances the distortion of the lattice structure, bringing the Ni–O–Ni bond angle away from \(180^{\circ }\).

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Fowlie, J. (2019). Introduction to the Nickelates. In: Electronic and Structural Properties of LaNiO₃-Based Heterostructures. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15238-3_3

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