Surfaces of Transition-Metal Compounds:. the Interplay Between Structure and Functionality
Abstract
The exotic behavior of correlated electron systems has both excited and challenged material scientists for decades. Better experimental techniques, higher quality samples, the discovery of new functional materials, and a focus on complexity have all driven the current flurry of activity. This volume features a series of articles describing the Frontiers of 4d- and 5d- Transtion Metal Oxides. In this article we describe Frontiers of 4d- and 5d- Transition Metal Compounds (TMCs) in an Environment of Broken Symmetry, i.e. a Surface. The unique environment of a surface, with its inherently broken translational symmetry, provides an exquisite playground for probing the physics of TMCs. The surface structure, surface property relationship will be demonstrated, where small structural changes effect physical properties such as the metal-to-insulator transition temperature, the presence of superconductivity, magnetic ordering, electron-phonon coupling, spin-phonon coupling, and even quantum critical behavior.
- Publication:
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Frontiers of 4D- and 5D-Transition Metal Oxides. Edited by Cao Gang & Delong Lance. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
- Pub Date:
- June 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814374866_0007
- Bibcode:
- 2013ftmo.book..215H