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Modulation of the charge carrier density in a Mott material by remote doping from a highly doped conventional band insulator is proposed to test theoretical predictions of band filling control of the Mott metal-insulator transition without…
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Recent reports reveal that isothermal chemical doping of hydrogen in correlated complex oxides such as perovskite nickelates (e.g. NdNiO3) can induce a metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) without the need for temperature modulation. In this…
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