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Topological surface currents accessed through reversible hydrogenation of the three-dimensional bulk. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2308. [PMID: 35484140 PMCID: PMC9050701 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29957-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hydrogen, the smallest and most abundant element in nature, can be efficiently incorporated within a solid and drastically modify its electronic and structural state. In most semiconductors interstitial hydrogen binds to defects and is known to be amphoteric, namely it can act either as a donor (H+) or an acceptor (H−) of charge, nearly always counteracting the prevailing conductivity type. Here we demonstrate that hydrogenation resolves an outstanding challenge in chalcogenide classes of three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators and magnets — the control of intrinsic bulk conduction that denies access to quantum surface transport, imposing severe thickness limits on the bulk. With electrons donated by a reversible binding of H+ ions to Te(Se) chalcogens, carrier densities are reduced by over 1020cm−3, allowing tuning the Fermi level into the bulk bandgap to enter surface/edge current channels without altering carrier mobility or the bandstructure. The hydrogen-tuned topological nanostructures are stable at room temperature and tunable disregarding bulk size, opening a breadth of device platforms for harnessing emergent topological states. Hydrogen can be incorporated within a solid and drastically modify its electronic and structural state. Here, the authors report reversible binding of H+ ions to chalcogens in the Bi2Te3 class of topological insulators and magnets, allowing Fermi level tuning into the bulk gap without altering carrier mobility or the bandstructure.
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Li H, Gan Y, Husanu MA, Dahm RT, Christensen DV, Radovic M, Sun J, Shi M, Shen B, Pryds N, Chen Y. Robust Electronic Structure of Manganite-Buffered Oxide Interfaces with Extreme Mobility Enhancement. ACS NANO 2022; 16:6437-6443. [PMID: 35312282 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The electronic structure as well as the mechanism underlying the high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at complex oxide interfaces remain elusive. Herein, using soft X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), we present the band dispersion of metallic states at buffered LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterointerfaces where a single-unit-cell LaMnO3 (LMO) spacer not only enhances the electron mobility but also renders the electronic structure robust toward X-ray radiation. By tracing the evolution of band dispersion, orbital occupation, and electron-phonon interaction of the interfacial 2DEG, we find unambiguous evidence that the insertion of the LMO buffer strongly suppresses both the formation of oxygen vacancies as well as the electron-phonon interaction on the STO side. The latter effect makes the buffered sample different from any other STO-based interfaces and may explain the maximum mobility enhancement achieved at buffered oxide interfaces.
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- Hang Li
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, PSI, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor 405A, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, PSI, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, PSI, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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Gupta A, Silotia H, Kumari A, Dumen M, Goyal S, Tomar R, Wadehra N, Ayyub P, Chakraverty S. KTaO 3 -The New Kid on the Spintronics Block. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2106481. [PMID: 34961972 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Long after the heady days of high-temperature superconductivity, the oxides came back into the limelight in 2004 with the discovery of the 2D electron gas (2DEG) in SrTiO3 (STO) and several heterostructures based on it. Not only do these materials exhibit interesting physics, but they have also opened up new vistas in oxide electronics and spintronics. However, much of the attention has recently shifted to KTaO3 (KTO), a material with all the "good" properties of STO (simple cubic structure, high mobility, etc.) but with the additional advantage of a much larger spin-orbit coupling. In this state-of-the-art review of the fascinating world of KTO, it is attempted to cover the remarkable progress made, particularly in the last five years. Certain unsolved issues are also indicated, while suggesting future research directions as well as potential applications. The range of physical phenomena associated with the 2DEG trapped at the interfaces of KTO-based heterostructures include spin polarization, superconductivity, quantum oscillations in the magnetoresistance, spin-polarized electron transport, persistent photocurrent, Rashba effect, topological Hall effect, and inverse Edelstein Effect. It is aimed to discuss, on a single platform, the various fabrication techniques, the exciting physical properties and future application possibilities of this family of materials.
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- Anshu Gupta
- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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- Quantum Materials and Devices Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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Fang L, Chen C, Sundaresan A, Narayana C, Ter-Oganessian N, Pyatakov AP, Cao S, Zhang J, Ren W. The CdTiO 3/BaTiO 3 superlattice interface from first principles. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:8506-8513. [PMID: 33904555 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr00374g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The oxide interface has been studied extensively in the past decades and exhibits different physical properties from the constituent bulks. Using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we investigated the interface of CdTiO3/BaTiO3 (CTO/BTO) superlattice with ferroelectric BaTiO3. In this case, the conduction bands of CdTiO3 are composed of Cd-5s orbitals with low electron effective mass and nondegenerate dispersion, and thus expected to have high mobility. We predicted a controllable conductivity at the interface, and further analyzed how the polarization direction and strength affect the conductivity. We also explored the relationship between two components: thickness and polarization. Intriguingly, the total polarization in CTO/BTO might be even larger than that of ferroelectric bulk BaTiO3. Therefore, we found a way to maximize the superlattice polarization by increasing the fraction of the CdTiO3 layers, based on the interesting dependence of the total polarization and CTO/BTO ratio.
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- Le Fang
- Materials Genome Institute, International Center for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Maruhashi K, Takahashi KS, Bahramy MS, Shimizu S, Kurihara R, Miyake A, Tokunaga M, Tokura Y, Kawasaki M. Anisotropic Quantum Transport through a Single Spin Channel in the Magnetic Semiconductor EuTiO 3. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1908315. [PMID: 32383210 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201908315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Magnetic semiconductors are a vital component in the understanding of quantum transport phenomena. To explore such delicate, yet fundamentally important, effects, it is crucial to maintain a high carrier mobility in the presence of magnetic moments. In practice, however, magnetization often diminishes the carrier mobility. Here, it is shown that EuTiO3 is a rare example of a magnetic semiconductor that can be desirably grown using the molecular beam epitaxy to possess a high carrier mobility exceeding 3000 cm2 V-1 s-1 at 2 K, while intrinsically hosting a large magnetization value, 7 μB per formula unit. This is demonstrated by measuring the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations in the ferromagnetic state of EuTiO3 films with various carrier densities. Using first-principles calculations, it is shown that the observed SdH oscillations originate genuinely from Ti 3d-t2g states which are fully spin-polarized due to their energetical proximity to the in-gap Eu 4f bands. Such an exchange coupling is further shown to have a profound effect on the effective mass and fermiology of the Ti 3d-t2g electrons, manifested by a directional anisotropy in the SdH oscillations. These findings suggest that EuTiO3 film is an ideal magnetic semiconductor, offering a fertile field to explore quantum phenomena suitable for spintronic applications.
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- Kazuki Maruhashi
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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Itahashi YM, Ideue T, Saito Y, Shimizu S, Ouchi T, Nojima T, Iwasa Y. Nonreciprocal transport in gate-induced polar superconductor SrTiO 3. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaay9120. [PMID: 32258403 PMCID: PMC7101218 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Polar conductors/superconductors with Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction are potential material platforms for quantum transport and spintronic functionalities. One of their inherent properties is the nonreciprocal transport, where the rightward and leftward currents become inequivalent, reflecting spatial inversion/time-reversal symmetry breaking. Such a rectification effect originating from the polar symmetry has been recently observed at interfaces or bulk Rashba semiconductors, while its mechanism in a polar superconductor remains elusive. Here, we report the nonreciprocal transport in gate-induced two-dimensional superconductor SrTiO3, which is a Rashba superconductor candidate. In addition to the gigantic enhancement of nonreciprocal signals in the superconducting fluctuation region, we found kink and sharp peak structures around critical temperatures, which reflect the crossover behavior from the paraconductivity origin to the vortex origin, based on a microscopic theory. The present result proves that the nonreciprocal transport is a powerful tool for investigating the interfacial/polar superconductors without inversion symmetry, where rich exotic features are theoretically prognosticated.
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- Yuki M. Itahashi
- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC) and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC) and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Corresponding author. (T.I.); (Y.I.)
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC) and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA 93106, USA
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC) and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Corresponding author. (T.I.); (Y.I.)
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Bhandari C, Satpathy S. Two dimensional electron gas in the [Formula: see text]-doped iridates with strong spin-orbit coupling: La[Formula: see text]Sr 2IrO 4. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:435505. [PMID: 31272089 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab2f3f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Iridates are of considerable current interest because of the strong spin-orbit coupling that leads to a variety of new phenomena. Using density-functional studies, we predict the formation of a spin-orbital entangled two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the [Formula: see text]-doped iridate La[Formula: see text]Sr2IrO4, where a single SrO layer is replaced by a LaO layer. The extra La electron resides close to the [Formula: see text]-doped layer, partially occupying the [Formula: see text] upper Hubbard band and thereby making the interface metallic. The magnetic structure of the bulk is destroyed near the interface, with the Ir0 layer closest to the interface becoming non-magnetic, while the next layer (Ir1) continues to maintain the AFM structure of the bulk, but with a reduced magnetic moment. The Fermi surface consists of a hole pocket and an electron pocket, located in two different Ir layers (Ir0 and Ir1), with both carriers derived from the [Formula: see text] upper Hubbard band. The presence of both electrons and holes at the [Formula: see text]-doped interface suggests unusual transport properties, leading to possible device applications.
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- Churna Bhandari
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Columbia Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States of America
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Zhang C, Ni Z, Zhang J, Yuan X, Liu Y, Zou Y, Liao Z, Du Y, Narayan A, Zhang H, Gu T, Zhu X, Pi L, Sanvito S, Han X, Zou J, Shi Y, Wan X, Savrasov SY, Xiu F. Ultrahigh conductivity in Weyl semimetal NbAs nanobelts. NATURE MATERIALS 2019; 18:482-488. [PMID: 30886399 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0320-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In two-dimensional (2D) systems, high mobility is typically achieved in low-carrier-density semiconductors and semimetals. Here, we discover that the nanobelts of Weyl semimetal NbAs maintain a high mobility even in the presence of a high sheet carrier density. We develop a growth scheme to synthesize single crystalline NbAs nanobelts with tunable Fermi levels. Owing to a large surface-to-bulk ratio, we argue that a 2D surface state gives rise to the high sheet carrier density, even though the bulk Fermi level is located near the Weyl nodes. A surface sheet conductance up to 5-100 S per □ is realized, exceeding that of conventional 2D electron gases, quasi-2D metal films, and topological insulator surface states. Corroborated by theory, we attribute the origin of the ultrahigh conductance to the disorder-tolerant Fermi arcs. The evidenced low-dissipation property of Fermi arcs has implications for both fundamental study and potential electronic applications.
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- Cheng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Applied Physics and Institution of Energy and Microstructure, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- School of Physics and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Beijing Key Laboratory and Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China.
- Institute for Nanoelectronic Devices and Quantum Computing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Gan Y, Christensen DV, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Krishnan D, Zhong Z, Niu W, Carrad DJ, Norrman K, von Soosten M, Jespersen TS, Shen B, Gauquelin N, Verbeeck J, Sun J, Pryds N, Chen Y. Diluted Oxide Interfaces with Tunable Ground States. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1805970. [PMID: 30637817 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The metallic interface between two oxide insulators, such as LaAlO3 /SrTiO3 (LAO/STO), provides new opportunities for electronics and spintronics. However, due to the presence of multiple orbital populations, tailoring the interfacial properties such as the ground state and metal-insulator transitions remains challenging. Here, an unforeseen tunability of the phase diagram of LAO/STO is reported by alloying LAO with a ferromagnetic LaMnO3 insulator without forming lattice disorder and at the same time without changing the polarity of the system. By increasing the Mn-doping level, x, of LaAl1- x Mnx O3 /STO (0 ≤ x ≤ 1), the interface undergoes a Lifshitz transition at x = 0.225 across a critical carrier density of nc = 2.8 × 1013 cm-2 , where a peak TSC ≈255 mK of superconducting transition temperature is observed. Moreover, the LaAl1- x Mnx O3 turns ferromagnetic at x ≥ 0.25. Remarkably, at x = 0.3, where the metallic interface is populated by only dxy electrons and just before it becomes insulating, a same device with both signatures of superconductivity and clear anomalous Hall effect (7.6 × 1012 cm-2 < ns ≤ 1.1 × 1013 cm-2 ) is achieved reproducibly. This provides a unique and effective way to tailor oxide interfaces for designing on-demand electronic and spintronic devices.
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- Yulin Gan
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
- National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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Huang Z, Renshaw Wang X, Rusydi A, Chen J, Yang H, Venkatesan T. Interface Engineering and Emergent Phenomena in Oxide Heterostructures. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1802439. [PMID: 30133012 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201802439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Complex oxide interfaces have mesmerized the scientific community in the last decade due to the possibility of creating tunable novel multifunctionalities, which are possible owing to the strong interaction among charge, spin, orbital, and structural degrees of freedom. Artificial interfacial modifications, which include defects, formal polarization, structural symmetry breaking, and interlayer interaction, have led to novel properties in various complex oxide heterostructures. These emergent phenomena not only serve as a platform for investigating strong electronic correlations in low-dimensional systems but also provide potentials for exploring next-generation electronic devices with high functionality. Herein, some recently developed strategies in engineering functional oxide interfaces and their emergent properties are reviewed.
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- Zhen Huang
- NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411, Singapore
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- NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411, Singapore
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- NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411, Singapore
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- NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411, Singapore
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- NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411, Singapore
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- NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411, Singapore
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Takahashi KS, Ishizuka H, Murata T, Wang QY, Tokura Y, Nagaosa N, Kawasaki M. Anomalous Hall effect derived from multiple Weyl nodes in high-mobility EuTiO 3 films. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaar7880. [PMID: 30035219 PMCID: PMC6054512 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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EuTiO3, a magnetic semiconductor with a simple band structure, is one of the ideal systems to control the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) by tuning the Fermi level. The electrons in the conduction bands of La-doped EuTiO3 are subject to the spin-orbit interaction and Zeeman field from the spontaneous magnetization, which generates rich structures in the electron band such as Weyl nodes. This unique property makes EuTiO3 a relatively simple multiband system with its Berry curvature being controlled by electron doping and magnetic field. We report a nonmonotonic magnetic field dependence of the anomalous Hall resistivity, which is ascribed to the change of electronic bands induced by the Zeeman splitting during the magnetization process. The anomalous Hall resistivity measurement in high-mobility films grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy shows additional terms in the AHE during the magnetization process, which is not proportional to the magnetization. Our theoretical calculation indicates that the change of Zeeman field in the process of canting the magnetic moments causes the type II Weyl nodes in the conduction band to move, resulting in a peculiar magnetic field dependence of the AHE; this is revealed by the high-quality films with a long scattering lifetime of conduction electrons.
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- Kei S. Takahashi
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Chen L, Li J, Tang Y, Pai YY, Chen Y, Pryds N, Irvin P, Levy J. Extreme Reconfigurable Nanoelectronics at the CaZrO 3 /SrTiO 3 Interface. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1801794. [PMID: 29962024 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201801794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Complex oxide heterostructures have fascinating emergent properties that originate from the properties of the bulk constituents as well as from dimensional confinement. The conductive behavior of the polar/nonpolar LaAlO3 /SrTiO3 interface can be reversibly switched using conductive atomic force microscopy (c-AFM) lithography, enabling a wide range of devices and physics to be explored. Here, extreme nanoscale control over the CaZrO3 /SrTiO3 (CZO/STO) interface, which is formed from two materials that are both nonpolar, is reported. Nanowires with measured widths as narrow as 1.2 nm are realized at the CZO/STO interface at room temperature by c-AFM lithography. These ultrathin nanostructures have spatial dimensions at room temperature that are comparable to single-walled carbon nanotubes, and hold great promise for alternative oxide-based nanoelectronics, as well as offer new opportunities to investigate the electronic structure of the complex oxide interfaces. The cryogenic properties of devices constructed from quasi-1D channels, tunnel barriers, and planar gates exhibit gate-tunable superconductivity, quantum oscillations, electron pairing outside of the superconducting regime, and quasi-ballistic transport. This newly demonstrated ability to control the metal-insulator transition at nonpolar oxide interface greatly expands the class of materials whose behavior can be patterned and reconfigured at extreme nanoscale dimensions.
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- Lu Chen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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Falson J, Kawasaki M. A review of the quantum Hall effects in MgZnO/ZnO heterostructures. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2018; 81:056501. [PMID: 29353814 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aaa978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This review visits recent experimental efforts on high mobility two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) hosted at the Mg x Zn[Formula: see text]O/ZnO heterointerface. We begin with the growth of these samples, and highlight the key characteristics of ozone-assisted molecular beam epitaxy required for their production. The transport characteristics of these structures are found to rival that of traditional semiconductor material systems, as signified by the high electron mobility ([Formula: see text] cm2 Vs-1) and rich quantum Hall features. Owing to a large effective mass and small dielectric constant, interaction effects are an order of magnitude stronger in comparison with the well studied GaAs-based 2DES. The strong correlation physics results in robust Fermi-liquid renormalization of the effective mass and spin susceptibility of carriers, which in turn dictates the parameter space for the quantum Hall effect. Finally, we explore the quantum Hall effect with a particular emphasis on the spin degree of freedom of carriers, and how their large spin splitting allows control of the ground states encountered at ultra-low temperatures within the fractional quantum Hall regime. We discuss in detail the physics of even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states, whose observation and underlying character remain elusive and exotic.
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- Joseph Falson
- Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Zhang L, Yuan Y, Lapano J, Brahlek M, Lei S, Kabius B, Gopalan V, Engel-Herbert R. Continuously Tuning Epitaxial Strains by Thermal Mismatch. ACS NANO 2018; 12:1306-1312. [PMID: 29320634 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b07539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Strain engineering of thin films is a conventionally employed approach to enhance material properties and to energetically prefer ground states that would otherwise not be attainable. Controlling strain states in perovskite oxide thin films is usually accomplished through coherent epitaxy by using lattice-mismatched substrates with similar crystal structures. However, the limited choice of suitable oxide substrates makes certain strain states experimentally inaccessible and a continuous tuning impossible. Here, we report a strategy to continuously tune epitaxial strains in perovskite films grown on Si(001) by utilizing the large difference of thermal expansion coefficients between the film and the substrate. By establishing an adsorption-controlled growth window for SrTiO3 thin films on Si using hybrid molecular beam epitaxy, the magnitude of strain can be solely attributed to thermal expansion mismatch, which only depends on the difference between growth and room temperature. Second-harmonic generation measurements revealed that structure properties of SrTiO3 films could be tuned by this method using films with different strain states. Our work provides a strategy to generate continuous strain states in oxide/semiconductor pseudomorphic buffer structures that could help achieve desired material functionalities.
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- Lei Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Materials Research Institute, §Department of Physics, and ∥Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Pai YY, Tylan-Tyler A, Irvin P, Levy J. Physics of SrTiO 3-based heterostructures and nanostructures: a review. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2018; 81:036503. [PMID: 29424362 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aa892d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This review provides a summary of the rich physics expressed within SrTiO3-based heterostructures and nanostructures. The intended audience is researchers who are working in the field of oxides, but also those with different backgrounds (e.g., semiconductor nanostructures). After reviewing the relevant properties of SrTiO3 itself, we will then discuss the basics of SrTiO3-based heterostructures, how they can be grown, and how devices are typically fabricated. Next, we will cover the physics of these heterostructures, including their phase diagram and coupling between the various degrees of freedom. Finally, we will review the rich landscape of quantum transport phenomena, as well as the devices that elicit them.
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- Yun-Yi Pai
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States of America. Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States of America
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Nakano M, Wang Y, Kashiwabara Y, Matsuoka H, Iwasa Y. Layer-by-Layer Epitaxial Growth of Scalable WSe 2 on Sapphire by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:5595-5599. [PMID: 28849935 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) provides a simple but powerful way to synthesize large-area high-quality thin films and heterostructures of a wide variety of materials including accomplished group III-V and II-VI semiconductors as well as newly developing oxides and chalcogenides, leading to major discoveries in condensed-matter physics. For two-dimensional (2D) materials, however, main fabrication routes have been mechanical exfoliation and chemical vapor deposition by making good use of weak van der Waals bonding nature between neighboring layers, and MBE growth of 2D materials, in particular on insulating substrates for transport measurements, has been limited despite its fundamental importance for future advanced research. Here, we report layer-by-layer epitaxial growth of scalable transition-metal dichalocogenide (TMDC) thin films on insulating substrates by MBE and demonstrate ambipolar transistor operation. The proposed growth protocol is broadly applicable to other TMDCs, providing a key milestone toward fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures with various 2D materials for novel properties and functionalities.
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- Masaki Nakano
- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Quantum-Phase Electronics Center and Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) , Wako 351-0198, Japan
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Takahashi KS, Matsubara Y, Bahramy MS, Ogawa N, Hashizume D, Tokura Y, Kawasaki M. Polar metal phase stabilized in strained La-doped BaTiO 3films. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4631. [PMID: 28680145 PMCID: PMC5498685 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04635-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Ferroelectric polarization and metallic conduction are two seemingly irreconcilable properties that cannot normally coexist in a single system, as the latter tends to screen the former. Polar metals, however, defy this rule and have thus attracted considerable attention as a new class of ferroelectrics exhibiting novel properties. Here, we fabricate a new polar metal film based on the typical ferroelectric material BaTiO3by combining chemical doping and epitaxial strain induced by a substrate. The temperature dependences of the c-axis lattice constant and the second harmonic generation intensity of La-doped BaTiO3films indicate the existence of polar transitions. In addition, through La doping, films become metallic at the polar phase, and metallicity enhancement at the polar state occurs in low-La-doped films. This intriguing behaviour is effectively explained by our first-principles calculations. Our demonstration suggests that the carrier doping to ferroelectric material with epitaxial strain serves as a new way to explore polar metals.
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- K S Takahashi
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan. .,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan.
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan.,Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 908-8577, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan.,Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan.,Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan.,Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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Oka D, Fukumura T. Crystal engineering for novel functionalities with oxide thin film epitaxy. CrystEngComm 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ce00322f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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