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As the only rare earth nickelate that does not exhibit the rich phases and transitions of the rest of the family, LaNiO\(_3\) has, in recent years, mainly been studied with the notion of high temperature superconductivity as the motivation. As discussed in Sect. 3.6, it was predicted that superlattices that alternate a metallic 1 u.c. layer of LaNiO\(_3\) with a non-transition metal perovskite oxide band insulator may provide a welcome environment for superconductivity, analogous to the high temperature superconducting cuprates. Besides the likely issue that the electronic configuration of the nickelates is not as similar to the cuprates as it may first appear, there is also a challenge in understanding the behaviour of LaNiO\(_3\) in the ultrathin limit.
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Fowlie, J. (2019). Ultrathin LaNiO\(_{3}\). In: Electronic and Structural Properties of LaNiO₃-Based Heterostructures. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15238-3_6
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