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  "abstract": "Interfaces between correlated oxides and strong spin–orbit coupled materials provide a fertile platform for emergent quantum phases, yet controlling these phases through interfacial magnetic reconstruction remains a major challenge. Here, we observe emergent metallicity in ultrathin SrIrO3/SrRuO3 heterostructures formed from insulating constituent layers, and this transition is closely associated with interfacial magnetic reconstruction. Combining transport, magnetometry, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, supported by first-principles calculations, we show that finite spectral weight at the Fermi level and ferromagnetic signatures emerge in the heterostructures. Our calculations further suggest that a staggered Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction at the interface favors ferromagnetic order in SrRuO₃ and collinear antiferromagnetism in SrIrO₃, relative to the collinear and noncollinear antiferromagnetism in isolated ultrathin SrRuO₃ and SrIrO₃, respectively, providing a possible microscopic framework for the coupled magnetic and electronic reconstruction. Our findings identify interfacial magnetic interactions as a powerful tuning parameter for controlling correlated electronic phases in spin-orbit-coupled oxides, opening pathways toward the design of emergent quantum and topological states.",
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    "Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China",
    "Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China",
    "Center for Transformative Science, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China",
    "Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China",
    "School of Materials Science and Engineering, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China",
    "PSI Center for Photon Science, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland",
    "International Research Centre Magtop, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland",
    "CNR-SPIN, UOS Salerno, Salerno, Fisciano Italy",
    "Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"
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      "name": "Zengxing Lu"
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      "name": "Xuan Zheng"
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      "name": "Milan Radovic",
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  "published": "2026-07-14",
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  "title": "Interfacial magnetic reconstruction and emergent metallicity in oxide heterostructures",
  "title_text": "Interfacial magnetic reconstruction and emergent metallicity in oxide heterostructures",
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