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    Comment on 'Oxygen vacancy-induced magnetic moment in edge-sharing CuO2 chains of Li2CuO2'
    (Bristol : IOP Publishing, 2018) Kuzian, R.O.; Klingeler, R.; Lorenz, W.E.A.; Wizent, N.; Nishimoto, S.; Nitzsche, U.; Rosner, H.; Milosavljevic, D.; Hozoi, L.; Yadav, R.; Richter, J.; Hauser, A.; Geck, J.; Hayn, R.; Yushankhai, V.; Siurakshina, L.; Monney, C.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitt, T.; Roth, G.; Ito, T.; Yamaguchi, H.; Matsuda, M.; Johnston, S.; Málek, J.; Drechsler, S.-L.
    In a recent work devoted to the magnetism of Li2CuO2, Shu et al (2017 New J. Phys. 19, 023026) have proposed a 'simplified' unfrustrated microscopic model that differs considerably from the models refined through decades of prior work. We show that the proposed model is at odds with known experimental data, including the reported magnetic susceptibility χ(T) data up to 550 K. Using an 8th order high-temperature expansion for χ(T), we show that the experimental data for Li2CuO2 are consistent with the prior model derived from inelastic neutron scattering studies. We also establish the T-range of validity for a Curie–Weiss law for the real frustrated magnetic system. We argue that the knowledge of the long-range ordered magnetic structure for T < T N and of χ(T) in a restricted T-range provides insufficient information to extract all of the relevant couplings in frustrated magnets; the saturation field and INS data must also be used to determine several exchange couplings, including the weak but decisive frustrating antiferromagnetic interchain couplings.
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    Transition from a uni- to a bimodal interfacial charge distribution in LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 upon cooling
    ([London] : Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2020) Zwiebler, M.; Di Gennaro, E.; Hamann-Borrero, J.E.; Ritschel, T.; Green, R.J.; Sawatzky, G.A.; Schierle, E.; Weschke, E.; Leo, A.; Granozio, F. Miletto; Geck, J.
    We present a combined resonant soft X-ray reflectivity and electric transport study of LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 field effect devices. The depth profiles with atomic layer resolution that are obtained from the resonant reflectivity reveal a pronounced temperature dependence of the two-dimensional electron liquid at the LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 interface. At room temperature the corresponding electrons are located close to the interface, extending down to 4 unit cells into the SrTiO 3 substrate. Upon cooling, however, these interface electrons assume a bimodal depth distribution: They spread out deeper into the SrTiO 3 and split into two distinct parts, namely one close to the interface with a thickness of about 4 unit cells and another centered around 9 unit cells from the interface. The results are consistent with theoretical predictions based on oxygen vacancies at the surface of the LaAlO 3 film and support the notion of a complex interplay between structural and electronic degrees of freedom. © 2020, The Author(s).