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Mercy Alain

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Main Referenced Co-authors
Ghosez, Philippe  (16)
Zhang, Yajun  (8)
Schmitt, Michaël  (7)
Bieder, Jordan  (5)
Bousquet, Eric  (4)
Main Referenced Keywords
first principles study (3); metal-insulator transition (3); rare earth nickelates (3); ferroelectricity (2); Jahn-Teller Effect (2);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
CESAM - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials - ULiège [BE] (2)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Physics (17)

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Mercy, A. (2020). First principles study of rare-earth nickelates: from bulk to heterostructures [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/249120 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/249120

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Mercy, A., Bieder, J., Iniguez, J., & Ghosez, P. (2017). Structurally triggered metal-insulator transition in rare-earth nickelates. Nature Communications, 8, 1677. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01811-x https://hdl.handle.net/2268/225762

Mercy, A. (2020). First principles study of rare-earth nickelates: from bulk to heterostructures [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/249120

Schmitt, M., Zhang, Y., Mercy, A., & Ghosez, P. (2020). Electron-lattice interplays in LaMnO 3 from canonical Jahn-Teller distortion notations. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/247668.

Dominguez, C., Georgescu, A. B., Mundet, B., Zhang, Y., Fowlie, J., Mercy, A., Waelchli, A., Catalano, S., Alexander, D. T. L., Ghosez, P., Georges, A., Millis, A. J., Gibert, M., & Triscone, J.-M. (2020). Length scales of interfacial coupling between metal and insulator phases in oxides. Nature Materials, 19, 1182. doi:10.1038/s41563-020-0757-x
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Bieder, J., Mercy, A., Tong, W., & Ghosez, P. (2020). Optical spectra of rare-earth nickelates. Physical Review. B, 102, 081111. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.081111
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Schmitt, M., Zhang, Y., Mercy, A., & Ghosez, P. (2020). Electron-lattice interplay in LaMnO3 from canonical Jahn-Teller distortion notations. Physical Review. B, 101, 214304. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.214304
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Schmitt, M., Zhang, Y., Mercy, A., Bousquet, E., & Ghosez, P. (17 October 2019). Canonical Jahn-Teller Distortion Notations: Understanding Structural-Electronic Interplays in e1g Perovskites [Paper presentation]. 2019 Workshop on Transition Metal Oxide Physics Hotel Bristol, Stresa, Italy, Stresa, Italy.

Zhang, Y., Mercy, A., Schmitt, M., & Ghosez, P. (01 October 2019). Revisiting the role of strain engineering in NdNiO3 thin film from first-principles calculations [Paper presentation]. 26TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON OXIDE ELECTRONICS.

Zhang, Y., Schmitt, M., Mercy, A., Wang, J., & Ghosez, P. (29 June 2018). From charge to orbital ordered metal-insulator transition in alkaline-earth ferrites [Paper presentation]. The XXIVth International Symposium on the Jahn-Teller effect, Santander, Spain.

Schmitt, M., Zhang, Y., Mercy, A., Bousquet, E., & Ghosez, P. (28 June 2018). LaMnO3 Revisited [Paper presentation]. The XXIVth International Symposium on the Jahn-Teller Effect, Santander, Spain.

Liao, Z., Gauquelin, N., Green, R. J., Müller-Caspary, K., Lobato, I., Li, L., Van Aert, S., Verbeeck, J., Huijben, M., Grisolia, M. N., Rouco, V., El Hage, R., Villegas, J. E., Mercy, A., Bibes, M., Ghosez, P., Sawatzky, G. A., Rijnders, G., & Koster, G. (2018). Metal–insulator-transition engineering by modulation tilt-control in perovskite nickelates for room temperature optical switching. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (38), 9515-9520. doi:10.1073/pnas.1807457115
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Zhang, Y., Schmitt, M., Mercy, A., Wang, J., & Ghosez, P. (2018). From charge- to orbital-ordered metal-insulator transition in alkaline-earth ferrites. Physical Review. B, 98 (8), 081108. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.081108
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Mercy, A., Bieder, J., Iniguez, J., & Ghosez, P. (23 November 2017). On the origin of the metal-insulator transition in rare-earth nickelates [Paper presentation]. Seminar at PSI, Zurich, Switzerland.

Mercy, A., Bieder, J., Iniguez, J., & Ghosez, P. (2017). Structurally triggered metal-insulator transition in rare-earth nickelates. Nature Communications, 8, 1677. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01811-x
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Mercy, A., Bieder, J., Iniguez, J., & Ghosez, P. (September 2016). Metal-Insulator transition in rare-earth nickelates : the case of YNiO3 [Paper presentation]. E-MRS Fall Meeting 2016, Varsovie, Poland.

Mercy, A., Bieder, J., & Ghosez, P. (October 2015). First-principles study of Hybrid improper ferroelectricity in rare-earth nickelates [Poster presentation]. ISOE 2015, Cargèse, France.

Mercy, A., Varignon, J., Bousquet, E., & Ghosez, P. (18 September 2015). First-principles study of improper ferroelectricity in rare-earth nickelates [Paper presentation]. E-MRS Fall Meeting 2015, Varsovie, Poland.

Mercy, A., Varignon, J., Bousquet, E., & Ghosez, P. (03 July 2015). First-principles study of improper ferroelectricity in rare-earth nickelates [Paper presentation]. 13th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, Porto, Portugal.

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