Title Ordering Phenomena in Rare-Earth Nickelate Heterostructures Author(s) Hepting, Matthias Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. Description XVI, 147 p. 63 illus., 56 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This thesis presents an experimental study of ordering phenomena in rare-earth nickelate-based heterostructures by means of inelastic Raman light scattering and elastic resonant x-ray scattering (RXS). Further, it demonstrates that the amplitude ratio of magnetic moments at neighboring nickel sites can be accurately determined by RXS in combination with a correlated double cluster model, and controlled experimentally through structural pinning of the oxygen positions in the crystal lattice. The two key outcomes of the thesis are: (a) demonstratingfull control over the charge/bond and spin order parameters in specifically designed praseodymium nickelate heterostructures and observation of a novel spin density wave phase in absence of the charge/bond order parameter, which confirms theoretical predictions of a spin density wave phase driven by spatial confinement of the conduction electrons; and (b) assessing the thickness-induced crossover between collinear and non-collinear spin structures in neodymium nickelate slabs, which is correctly predicted by drawing on density functional theory. ISBN,Price 9783319605319 Keyword(s) 1. Characterization and Evaluation of Materials 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Interfaces (Physical sciences) 5. MATERIALS SCIENCE 6. MICROSCOPY 7. SPECTROSCOPY 8. Spectroscopy and Microscopy 9. Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity 10. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 11. SUPERCONDUCTORS 12. Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films 13. Surfaces (Physics) 14. THIN FILMS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09974     On Shelf