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Gao JX, Ng YS, Cheng H, Wang HQ, Lü TY, Zheng JC. Local symmetry-driven interfacial magnetization and electronic states in (ZnO) n/(w-FeO) n superlattices. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:12084-12096. [PMID: 38586994 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00481g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Superlattices constructed with the wide-band-gap semiconductor ZnO and magnetic oxide FeO, both in the wurtzite structure, have been investigated using spin-polarized first-principles calculations. The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of the (ZnO)n/(w-FeO)n superlattices were studied in great detail. Two different interfaces in the (ZnO)n/(w-FeO)n superlattices were identified and they showed very different magnetic and electronic properties. Local symmetry-driven interfacial magnetization and electronic states can arise from different Fe/Zn distributions at different interfaces or spin ordering of Fe in the superlattice. The local symmetry-driven interfacial magnetization and electronic states, originating either from different Fe/Zn distribution across interfaces I and II, or by spin ordering of Fe in the superlattice, can be identified. It was also found that, in the case of the ferromagnetic phase, the electrons are more delocalized for the majority spin but strongly localized for the minority spin, which resulted in interesting spin-dependent transport properties. Our results will pave the way for designing novel spin-dependent electronic devices through the construction of superlattices from semiconductors and multiferroics.
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- Jia-Xin Gao
- Engineering Research Center of Micro-nano Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials and Applications, CI Center for OSED, and Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Malaysia
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Micro-nano Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials and Applications, CI Center for OSED, and Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
- Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Malaysia
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- Engineering Research Center of Micro-nano Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials and Applications, CI Center for OSED, and Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Micro-nano Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials and Applications, CI Center for OSED, and Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
- Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Malaysia
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Huang H, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhao M, Zhang N, Hu Y, Fan F, Feng J, Li Z, Zou Z. Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice. NATURE MATERIALS 2024; 23:383-390. [PMID: 38062169 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01746-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Transparent conducting oxides are a critical component in modern (opto)electronic devices and solar energy conversion systems, and forming textured functional films on them is highly desirable for property manipulation and performance optimization. However, technologically important materials show varied crystal structures, making it difficult to establish coherent interfaces and consequently the oriented growth of these materials on transparent conducting oxides. Here, taking lattice-mismatched hexagonal α-Fe2O3 and tetragonal fluorine-doped tin oxide as the example, atomic-level investigations reveal that a coherent ordered structure forms at their interface, and via an oxygen-mediated dimensional and chemical-matching manner, that is, matched Voronoi cells of oxygen sublattices, [110]-oriented α-Fe2O3 films develop on fluorine-doped tin oxide. Further measurements of charge transport characteristics and photoelectronic effects highlight the importance and advantages of coherent interfaces and well-defined orientation in textured α-Fe2O3 films. Textured growth of lattice-mismatched oxides, including spinel Co3O4, fluorite CeO2, perovskite BiFeO3 and even halide perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6, on fluorine-doped tin oxide is also achieved, offering new opportunities to develop high-performance transparent-conducting-oxide-supported devices.
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- Huiting Huang
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Nano Technology, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Nano Technology, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Nano Technology, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Nano Technology, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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Kim JR, Sohn B, Lee HJ, Lee S, Ko EK, Hahn S, Lee S, Kim Y, Kim D, Kim HJ, Kim Y, Son J, Ahn CH, Walker FJ, Go A, Kim M, Kim CH, Kim C, Noh TW. Heteroepitaxial Control of Fermi Liquid, Hund Metal, and Mott Insulator Phases in Single-Atomic-Layer Ruthenates. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2208833. [PMID: 36739615 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Interfaces between dissimilar correlated oxides can offer devices with versatile functionalities, and great efforts have been made to manipulate interfacial electronic phases. However, realizing such phases is often hampered by the inability to directly access the electronic structure information; most correlated interfacial phenomena appear within a few atomic layers from the interface. Here, atomic-scale epitaxy and photoemission spectroscopy are utilized to realize the interface control of correlated electronic phases in atomic-scale ruthenate-titanate heterostructures. While bulk SrRuO3 is a ferromagnetic metal, the heterointerfaces exclusively generate three distinct correlated phases in the single-atomic-layer limit. The theoretical analysis reveals that atomic-scale structural proximity effects yield Fermi liquid, Hund metal, and Mott insulator phases in the quantum-confined SrRuO3 . These results highlight the extensive interfacial tunability of electronic phases, hitherto hidden in the atomically thin correlated heterostructure. Moreover, this experimental platform suggests a way to control interfacial electronic phases of various correlated materials.
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- Jeong Rae Kim
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, 34126, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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Mun J, Ko EK, Kang B, Gil B, Kim CH, Hahn S, Song J, Zhu Y, Sohn C, Noh TW, Kim M. Extended Oxygen Octahedral Tilt Proximity near Oxide Heterostructures. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1036-1043. [PMID: 36716295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The oxide interfaces between materials with different structural symmetries have been actively studied due to their novel physical properties. However, the investigation of intriguing interfacial phenomena caused by the oxygen octahedral tilt (OOT) proximity effect has not been fully exploited, as there is still no clear understanding of what determines the proximity length and what the underlying control mechanism is. Here, we achieved scalability of the OOT proximity effect in SrRuO3 (SRO) by epitaxial strain near the SRO/SrTiO3 heterointerface. We demonstrated that the OOT proximity length scale of SRO is extended from 4 unit cells to 14 unit cells by employing advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy. We also suggest that this variation may originate from changes in phonon dispersions due to electron-phonon coupling in SRO. This study will provide in-depth insights into the structural gradients of correlated systems and facilitate potential device applications.
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- Junsik Mun
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York11973, United States
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- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul08826, Republic of Korea
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Chen S, Zhang Q, Rong D, Xu Y, Zhang J, Pei F, Bai H, Shang YX, Lin S, Jin Q, Hong H, Wang C, Yan W, Guo H, Zhu T, Gu L, Gong Y, Li Q, Wang L, Liu GQ, Jin KJ, Guo EJ. Braiding Lateral Morphotropic Grain Boundaries in Homogenetic Oxides. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2206961. [PMID: 36281802 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Interfaces formed by correlated oxides offer a critical avenue for discovering emergent phenomena and quantum states. However, the fabrication of oxide interfaces with variable crystallographic orientations and strain states integrated along a film plane is extremely challenging by conventional layer-by-layer stacking or self-assembling. Here, the creation of morphotropic grain boundaries (GBs) in laterally interconnected cobaltite homostructures is reported. Single-crystalline substrates and suspended ultrathin freestanding membranes provide independent templates for coherent epitaxy and constraint on the growth orientation, resulting in seamless and atomically sharp GBs. Electronic states and magnetic behavior in hybrid structures are laterally modulated and isolated by GBs, enabling artificially engineered functionalities in the planar matrix. This work offers a simple and scalable method for fabricating unprecedented innovative interfaces through controlled synthesis routes as well as providing a platform for exploring potential applications in neuromorphics, solid-state batteries, and catalysis.
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- Shengru Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics & School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, 58 Coming Street, Charleston, SC, 29424, USA
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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Zhang H, Yan C, Ge Z, Weinert M, Li L. Impenetrable Barrier at the Metal-Mott Insulator Junction in Polymorphic 1H and 1T NbSe 2 Lateral Heterostructure. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10713-10721. [PMID: 36367815 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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When a metal makes contact with a band insulator, charge transfer occurs across the interface leading to band bending and a Schottky barrier with rectifying behavior. The nature of metal-Mott insulator junctions, however, is still debated due to challenges in experimental probes of such vertical heterojunctions with buried interfaces. Here, we grow lateral polymorphic heterostructures of single-layer metallic 1H and Mott insulating 1T NbSe2 by molecular beam epitaxy. We find a one-dimensional metallic channel along the interface due to the appearance of quasiparticle states with an intensity decay following 1/x2, indicating an impenetrable barrier. Near the interface, the Mott gap exhibits a strong spatial dependence arising from the difference in lattice constants between the two phases, consistent with our density functional theory calculations. These results provide clear experimental evidence for an impenetrable barrier at the metal-Mott insulator junction and the high tunability of a Mott insulator by strain.
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- Huimin Zhang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Sun Y, Wu T, Bao Z, Moon J, Huang Z, Chen Z, Chen H, Li M, Yang Z, Chi M, Toops TJ, Wu Z, Jiang DE, Liu J, Dai S. Defect Engineering of Ceria Nanocrystals for Enhanced Catalysis via a High-Entropy Oxide Strategy. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2022; 8:1081-1090. [PMID: 36032771 PMCID: PMC9413438 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Introducing transition-metal components to ceria (CeO2) is important to tailor the surface redox properties for a broad scope of applications. The emergence of high-entropy oxides (HEOs) has brought transformative opportunities for oxygen defect engineering in ceria yet has been hindered by the difficulty in controllably introducing transition metals to the bulk lattice of ceria. Here, we report the fabrication of ceria-based nanocrystals with surface-confined atomic HEO layers for enhanced catalysis. The increased covalency of the transition-metal-oxygen bonds at the HEO-CeO2 interface promotes the formation of surface oxygen vacancies, enabling efficient oxygen activation and replenishment for enhanced CO oxidation capabilities. Understanding the structural heterogeneity involving bulk and surface oxygen defects in nanostructured HEOs provides useful insights into rational design of atomically precise metal oxides, whose increased compositional and structural complexities give rise to expanded functionalities.
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- Yifan Sun
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Frontiers
Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Buildings
and Transportation Science Division, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Neutron
Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Email for J.L.:
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Email for S.D.:
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Purton JA, Elena AM, Teobaldi G. Kinetic Monte Carlo modeling of oxide thin film growth. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:214705. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0089043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In spite of the increasing interest in and application of ultrathin film oxides in commercial devices, the understanding of the mechanisms that control the growth of these films at the atomic scale remains limited and scarce. This limited understanding prevents the rational design of novel solutions based on precise control of the structure and properties of ultrathin films. Such a limited understanding stems in no minor part from the fact that most of the available modeling methods are unable to access and robustly sample the nanosecond to second timescales required to simulate both atomic deposition and surface reorganization at ultrathin films. To contribute to this knowledge gap, here we have combined molecular dynamics and adaptive kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to study the deposition and growth of oxide materials over an extended timescale of up to ∼0.5 ms. In our pilot studies, we have examined the growth of binary oxide thin films on oxide substrates. We have investigated three scenarios: (i) the lattice parameter of both the substrate and thin film are identical, (ii) the lattice parameter of the thin film is smaller than the substrate, and (iii) the lattice parameter is greater than the substrate. Our calculations allow for the diffusion of ions between deposition events and the identification of growth mechanisms in oxide thin films. We make a detailed comparison with previous calculations. Our results are in good agreement with the available experimental results and demonstrate important limitations in former calculations, which fail to sample phase space correctly at the temperatures of interest (typically 300–1000 K) with self-evident limitations for the representative modeling of thin films growth. We believe that the present pilot study and proposed combined methodology open up for extended computational support in the understanding and design of ultrathin film growth conditions tailored to specific applications.
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- John A. Purton
- Scientific Computing Department, STFC-United KingdomRI, Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Scientific Computing Department, STFC-United KingdomRI, Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Scientific Computing Department, STFC-United KingdomRI, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Zhao Y, Li Y, Chen C, Dong G, Zhu S, Zhao Y, Tian B, Jiang Z, Zhou Z, Shi K, Liu M, Pan J. Dislocation Defect Layer-Induced Magnetic Bi-states Phenomenon in Epitaxial La 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3(111) Thin Films. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:59511-59517. [PMID: 34859661 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c18136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) is one of the most fascinating strongly correlated oxides in which the spin polarization and magnetic property are sensitive to strain, especially in the (111)-oriented LSMO. In the paper, epitaxial LSMO(111) thin films with different thicknesses were prepared, and they showed continuous dislocation defect arrays with thickness greater than 45 nm. Then, the thick LSMO(111) films were divided into a double-layer structure with two slightly different oriented cells. The LSMO(111) films present a stronger lattice-spin coupling, thus the double-layer structure triggers an obvious magnetic heterogeneity phenomenon (magnetic bi-states) by the way of creating a double-mode ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spectrum. Therefore, the nanostructures, especially the ordered structure defects, may trigger enriched physical phenomena and offer new forms of spin coupling and device functionality in strain-sensitive strongly correlated oxide systems.
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- Yanan Zhao
- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of High-End Manufacturing Equipment, the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of High-End Manufacturing Equipment, the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Intensive Care, Precision Medicine Center Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Yantai) Research Institute For Intelligent Sensing Technology and System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Intensive Care, Precision Medicine Center Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Kimura M, He X, Katase T, Tadano T, Tomczak JM, Minohara M, Aso R, Yoshida H, Ide K, Ueda S, Hiramatsu H, Kumigashira H, Hosono H, Kamiya T. Large phonon drag thermopower boosted by massive electrons and phonon leaking in LaAlO 3/LaNiO 3/LaAlO 3 heterostructure. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:9240-9246. [PMID: 34709840 PMCID: PMC8587880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An unusually large thermopower (S) enhancement is induced by heterostructuring thin films of the strongly correlated electron oxide LaNiO3. The phonon-drag effect, which is not observed in bulk LaNiO3, enhances S for thin films compressively strained by LaAlO3 substrates. By a reduction in the layer thickness down to three unit cells and subsequent LaAlO3 surface termination, a 10 times S enhancement over the bulk value is observed due to large phonon drag S (Sg), and the Sg contribution to the total S occurs over a much wider temperature range up to 220 K. The Sg enhancement originates from the coupling of lattice vibration to the d electrons with large effective mass in the compressively strained ultrathin LaNiO3, and the electron-phonon interaction is largely enhanced by the phonon leakage from the LaAlO3 substrate and the capping layer. The transition-metal oxide heterostructures emerge as a new playground to manipulate electronic and phononic properties in the quest for high-performance thermoelectrics.
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- Masatoshi Kimura
- Laboratory
for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory
for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory
for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- PRESTO,
Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- National
Institute for Materials Science, Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
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- Institute
of Solid State Physics, Vienna University
of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Research
Institute for Advanced Electronics and Photonics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- The
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory
for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Research
Center for Functional Materials, National
Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
- Research
Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
- Synchrotron
X-ray Station at SPring-8, National Institute
for Materials Science, 1-1-1 Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Laboratory
for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Materials
Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Photon
Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Institute
of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Materials
Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory
for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Materials
Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Sarott MF, Gradauskaite E, Nordlander J, Strkalj N, Trassin M. In situmonitoring of epitaxial ferroelectric thin-film growth. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:293001. [PMID: 33873174 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abf979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In ferroelectric thin films, the polarization state and the domain configuration define the macroscopic ferroelectric properties such as the switching dynamics. Engineering of the ferroelectric domain configuration during synthesis is in permanent evolution and can be achieved by a range of approaches, extending from epitaxial strain tuning over electrostatic environment control to the influence of interface atomic termination. Exotic polar states are now designed in the technologically relevant ultrathin regime. The promise of energy-efficient devices based on ultrathin ferroelectric films depends on the ability to create, probe, and manipulate polar states in ever more complex epitaxial architectures. Because most ferroelectric oxides exhibit ferroelectricity during the epitaxial deposition process, the direct access to the polarization emergence and its evolution during the growth process, beyond the realm of existing structuralin situdiagnostic tools, is becoming of paramount importance. We review the recent progress in the field of monitoring polar states with an emphasis on the non-invasive probes allowing investigations of polarization during the thin film growth of ferroelectric oxides. A particular importance is given to optical second harmonic generationin situ. The ability to determine the net polarization and domain configuration of ultrathin films and multilayers during the growth of multilayers brings new insights towards a better understanding of the physics of ultrathin ferroelectrics and further control of ferroelectric-based heterostructures for devices.
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- Martin F Sarott
- Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Xu K, Gu Y, Song C, Zhong X, Zhu J. Atomic insight into spin, charge and lattice modulations at SrFeO 3-x/SrTiO 3 interfaces. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:6066-6075. [PMID: 33616142 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07697j] [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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Novel phenomena and functionalities at interfaces of oxide heterostructures are currently of great interest in a wide range of applications. At such interfaces, charge, spin, orbital and lattice ordering coexist and correlate closely, contributing to rich functional responses. By using atomically resolved imaging and spectroscopy techniques, we investigated magnetic behaviors and structural modulation at the SrFeO3-x/SrTiO3 interface. Fe/Ti element intermixing and oxygen vacancies occurred across a few unit cells at the interface. Furthermore, antiferromagnetic spin ordering of Fe with different valence states in the interface of SrFeO3-x/SrTiO3 induced uncompensated magnetic moments. Compared to the SrFeO3-x/La0.3Sr0.7Al0.65Ta0.35O3 heterojunction, the variations of charge and lattice order parameters at the SrFeO3-x/SrTiO3 interfaces were also determined by advanced electron microscopy, which provided a good understanding of the physical origin of disparate macroscopic magnetic properties, further investigated by magnetometer measurements and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectra. These studies provide comprehensive insight into the interfacial modulation of ferrite oxide, which may be useful for designing future devices in oxide electronics.
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- Kun Xu
- National Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), The State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
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Fuel cells are highly efficient and green power sources. The typical membrane electrode assembly is necessary for common electrochemical devices. Recent research and development in solid oxide fuel cells have opened up many new opportunities based on the semiconductor or its heterostructure materials. Semiconductor-based fuel cells (SBFCs) realize the fuel cell functionality in a much more straightforward way. This work aims to discuss new strategies and scientific principles of SBFCs by reviewing various novel junction types/interfaces, i.e., bulk and planar p-n junction, Schottky junction, and n-i type interface contact. New designing methodologies of SBFCs from energy band/alignment and built-in electric field (BIEF), which block the internal electronic transport while assisting interfacial superionic transport and subsequently enhance device performance, are comprehensively reviewed. This work highlights the recent advances of SBFCs and provides new methodology and understanding with significant importance for both fundamental and applied R&D on new-generation fuel cell materials and technologies.
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Domínguez C, Georgescu AB, Mundet B, Zhang Y, Fowlie J, Mercy A, Waelchli A, Catalano S, Alexander DTL, Ghosez P, Georges A, Millis AJ, Gibert M, Triscone JM. Length scales of interfacial coupling between metal and insulator phases in oxides. NATURE MATERIALS 2020; 19:1182-1187. [PMID: 32778815 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0757-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Controlling phase transitions in transition metal oxides remains a central feature of both technological and fundamental scientific relevance. A well-known example is the metal-insulator transition, which has been shown to be highly controllable. However, the length scale over which these phases can be established is not yet well understood. To gain insight into this issue, we atomically engineered an artificially phase-separated system through fabricating epitaxial superlattices that consist of SmNiO3 and NdNiO3, two materials that undergo a metal-to-insulator transition at different temperatures. We demonstrate that the length scale of the interfacial coupling between metal and insulator phases is determined by balancing the energy cost of the boundary between a metal and an insulator and the bulk phase energies. Notably, we show that the length scale of this effect exceeds that of the physical coupling of structural motifs, which introduces a new framework for interface-engineering properties at temperatures against the bulk energetics.
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- Claribel Domínguez
- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Electron Spectrometry and Microscopy Laboratory (LSME), Institute of Physics (IPHYS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Theoretical Materials Physics, CESAM, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Theoretical Materials Physics, CESAM, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Electron Spectrometry and Microscopy Laboratory (LSME), Institute of Physics (IPHYS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Theoretical Materials Physics, CESAM, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Collège de France, Paris, France
- Centre de Physique Théorique (CPHT), CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Paris, France
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- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Wang H, Srot V, Jiang X, Yi M, Wang Y, Boschker H, Merkle R, Stark RW, Mannhart J, van Aken PA. Probing Charge Accumulation at SrMnO 3/SrTiO 3 Heterointerfaces via Advanced Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:12697-12707. [PMID: 32910642 PMCID: PMC7596774 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c01545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The last three decades have seen a growing trend toward studying the interfacial phenomena in complex oxide heterostructures. Of particular concern is the charge distribution at interfaces, which is a crucial factor in controlling the interface transport behavior. However, the study of the charge distribution is very challenging due to its small length scale and the intricate structure and chemistry at interfaces. Furthermore, the underlying origin of the interfacial charge distribution has been rarely studied in-depth and is still poorly understood. Here, by a combination of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and spectroscopy techniques, we identify the charge accumulation in the SrMnO3 (SMO) side of SrMnO3/SrTiO3 heterointerfaces and find that the charge density attains the maximum of 0.13 ± 0.07 e-/unit cell (uc) at the first SMO monolayer. Based on quantitative atomic-scale STEM analyses and first-principle calculations, we explore the origin of interfacial charge accumulation in terms of epitaxial strain-favored oxygen vacancies, cationic interdiffusion, interfacial charge transfer, and space-charge effects. This study, therefore, provides a comprehensive description of the charge distribution and related mechanisms at the SMO/STO heterointerfaces, which is beneficial for the functionality manipulation via charge engineering at interfaces.
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- Hongguang Wang
- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute
of Materials Science, Technische Universität
Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute
of Materials Science, Technische Universität
Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
- State
Key Lab of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(NUAA), Nanjing 210016, China
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute
of Materials Science, Technische Universität
Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Superconductivity in undoped BaFe 2As 2 by tetrahedral geometry design. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:21170-21174. [PMID: 32817559 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001123117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fe-based superconductors exhibit a diverse interplay between charge, orbital, and magnetic ordering. Variations in atomic geometry affect electron hopping between Fe atoms and the Fermi surface topology, influencing magnetic frustration and the pairing strength through changes of orbital overlap and occupancies. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a systematic approach to realize superconductivity without chemical doping in BaFe2As2, employing geometric design within an epitaxial heterostructure. We control both tetragonality and orthorhombicity in BaFe2As2 through superlattice engineering, which we experimentally find to induce superconductivity when the As-Fe-As bond angle approaches that in a regular tetrahedron. This approach to superlattice design could lead to insights into low-dimensional superconductivity in Fe-based superconductors.
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Shiue J, Kuo PC. Deep-patterning of complex oxides by focused ion beam with PMMA-assisted hybrid protective layer. NANO EXPRESS 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-959x/abb07c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Studying novel properties of complex oxides in nanoscale has become a popular research interest. Nanofabrication of complex oxides without damaging its intrinsic structure, however, is still challenging. In this work, we investigated the commonly used focused ion beam (FIB) technique for deep-patterning SrTiO3 (STO) using Cr as a surface protective layer and found that it was insufficient in protecting STO against the damage caused by the FIB beam tail effect. We further developed a new method for effectively deep-patterning STO using FIB. Our approach adopted a hybrid surface layer of Cr and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to protect the STO surface during the FIB milling process against the damage caused by the beam tail. This PMMA-assisted hybrid protective layer can effectively prevent the damage resulting from the energetic ion beam, as verified by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy characterization. It was found that PMMA is not spun off during the FIB process but forms bubbles and likely absorbs the energy from the ion beam during this process. At the same time, a thin Cr layer of this hybrid served as a charge-releasing path and kept the patterning precise. This mechanism is very different from simply using Cr as a scarifying surface layer for ion bombardment.
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Quintela CX, Song K, Shao DF, Xie L, Nan T, Paudel TR, Campbell N, Pan X, Tybell T, Rzchowski MS, Tsymbal EY, Choi SY, Eom CB. Epitaxial antiperovskite/perovskite heterostructures for materials design. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaba4017. [PMID: 32832665 PMCID: PMC7439405 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba4017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Engineered heterostructures formed by complex oxide materials are a rich source of emergent phenomena and technological applications. In the quest for new functionality, a vastly unexplored avenue is interfacing oxide perovskites with materials having dissimilar crystallochemical properties. Here, we propose a unique class of heterointerfaces based on nitride antiperovskite and oxide perovskite materials as a previously unidentified direction for materials design. We demonstrate the fabrication of atomically sharp interfaces between nitride antiperovskite Mn3GaN and oxide perovskites (La0.3Sr0.7)(Al0.65Ta0.35)O3 and SrTiO3. Using atomic-resolution imaging/spectroscopic techniques and first-principles calculations, we determine the atomic-scale structure, composition, and bonding at the interface. The epitaxial antiperovskite/perovskite heterointerface is mediated by a coherent interfacial monolayer that interpolates between the two antistructures. We anticipate our results to be an important step for the development of functional antiperovskite/perovskite heterostructures, combining their unique characteristics such as topological properties for ultralow-power applications.
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- Camilo X. Quintela
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Modeling and Characterization, KIMS, Changwon 51508, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7491, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Meng M, Wang Z, Fathima A, Ghosh S, Saghayezhian M, Taylor J, Jin R, Zhu Y, Pantelides ST, Zhang J, Plummer EW, Guo H. Interface-induced magnetic polar metal phase in complex oxides. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5248. [PMID: 31748526 PMCID: PMC6868157 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13270-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Polar metals are commonly defined as metals with polar structural distortions. Strict symmetry restrictions make them an extremely rare breed as the structural constraints favor insulating over metallic phase. Moreover, no polar metals are known to be magnetic. Here we report on the realization of a magnetic polar metal phase in a BaTiO3/SrRuO3/BaTiO3 heterostructure. Electron microscopy reveals polar lattice distortions in three-unit-cells thick SrRuO3 between BaTiO3 layers. Electrical transport and magnetization measurements reveal that this heterostructure possesses a metallic phase with high conductivity and ferromagnetic ordering with high saturation moment. The high conductivity in the SrRuO3 layer can be attributed to the effect of electrostatic carrier accumulation induced by the BaTiO3 layers. Density-functional-theory calculations provide insights into the origin of the observed properties of the thin SrRuO3 film. The present results pave a way to design materials with desired functionalities at oxide interfaces. Polar metals—metals with polar structural distortions—are known not to be magnetic. Here, the authors demonstrate a magnetic polar metal phase in a BaTiO3/SrRuO3/BaTiO3 heterostructure displaying high conductivity and ferromagnetic ordering with high saturation moment.
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- Meng Meng
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.,Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics & Nanotechnology and SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics & Nanotechnology and SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37235, USA. .,Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA.
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37235, USA.,Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
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Li GF, Divinagracia M, Labata MF, Ocon JD, Abel Chuang PY. Electrolyte-Dependent Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Alkaline Media: Electrical Double Layer and Interfacial Interactions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:33748-33758. [PMID: 31436074 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b06889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Traditional understanding of electrocatalytic reactions generally focuses on either covalent interactions between adsorbates and the reaction interface (i.e., electrical double layer, EDL) or electrostatic interactions between electrolyte ions. Here, our work provides valuable insights into interfacial structure and ionic interactions during alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The importance of inner-sphere OH- adsorption is demonstrated as the IrOx activity in 4.0 M KOH is 6.5 times higher than that in 0.1 M KOH. Adding NaNO3 as a supporting electrolyte, which is found to be inert for long-term stability, complicates the electrocatalytic reaction in a half cell. The nonspecially adsorbed Na+ in the outer compact interfacial layer is suggested to form a stronger noncovalent interaction with OH- through hydrogen bond than adsorbed K+, leading to the decrease of interfacial OH- mobility. This hypothesis highlights the importance of outer-sphere adsorption for the OER, which is generally recognized as a pure inner-sphere process. Meanwhile, based on our experimental observations, the pseudocapacitive behavior of solid-state redox might be more reliable in quantifying active sites for OER than that measured from the conventional EDL charging capacitive process. The interfacial oxygen transport is observed to improve with increasing electrolyte conductivity, ascribing to the increased accessible active sites. The durability results in a liquid alkaline electrolyzer which shows that adding NaNO3 into KOH solution leads to additional degradation of OER activity and long-term stability. These findings provide an improved understanding of the mechanistic details and structural motifs required for efficient and robust electrocatalysis.
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- Guang-Fu Li
- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California Merced , California 95343 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California Merced , California 95343 , United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering , University of the Philippines Diliman , Quezon City 1101 , Philippines
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- Environmental Systems Graduate Program , University of California , Merced 94343 , California , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering , University of the Philippines Diliman , Quezon City 1101 , Philippines
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California Merced , California 95343 , United States
- Environmental Systems Graduate Program , University of California , Merced 94343 , California , United States
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Harada JK, Charles N, Poeppelmeier KR, Rondinelli JM. Heteroanionic Materials by Design: Progress Toward Targeted Properties. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1805295. [PMID: 30861235 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The burgeoning field of anion engineering in oxide-based compounds aims to tune physical properties by incorporating additional anions of different size, electronegativity, and charge. For example, oxychalcogenides, oxynitrides, oxypnictides, and oxyhalides may display new or enhanced responses not readily predicted from or even absent in the simpler homoanionic (oxide) compounds because of their proximity to the ionocovalent-bonding boundary provided by contrasting polarizabilities of the anions. In addition, multiple anions allow heteroanionic materials to span a more complex atomic structure design palette and interaction space than the homoanionic oxide-only analogs. Here, established atomic and electronic principles for the rational design of properties in heteroanionic materials are contextualized. Also described are synergistic quantum mechanical methods and laboratory experiments guided by these principles to achieve superior properties. Lastly, open challenges in both the synthesis and the understanding and prediction of the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties afforded by anion-engineering principles in heteroanionic materials are reviewed.
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- Jaye K Harada
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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Functional interfaces between electronics and biological matter are essential to diverse fields including health sciences and bio-engineering. Here, we report the discovery of spontaneous (no external energy input) hydrogen transfer from biological glucose reactions into SmNiO3, an archetypal perovskite quantum material. The enzymatic oxidation of glucose is monitored down to ~5 × 10−16 M concentration via hydrogen transfer to the nickelate lattice. The hydrogen atoms donate electrons to the Ni d orbital and induce electron localization through strong electron correlations. By enzyme specific modification, spontaneous transfer of hydrogen from the neurotransmitter dopamine can be monitored in physiological media. We then directly interface an acute mouse brain slice onto the nickelate devices and demonstrate measurement of neurotransmitter release upon electrical stimulation of the striatum region. These results open up avenues for use of emergent physics present in quantum materials in trace detection and conveyance of bio-matter, bio-chemical sciences, and brain-machine interfaces. Functional materials that act as bio-sensing media when interfaced with complex bio-matter are attractive for health sciences and bio-engineering. Here, the authors report room temperature enzyme-mediated spontaneous hydrogen transfer between a perovskite quantum material and glucose reactions.
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Biswas A, Talha M, Kashir A, Jeong YH. A thin film perspective on quantum functional oxides. CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS 2019; 19:207-214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Tornos J, Gallego F, Valencia S, Liu YH, Rouco V, Lauter V, Abrudan R, Luo C, Ryll H, Wang Q, Hernandez-Martin D, Orfila G, Cabero M, Cuellar F, Arias D, Mompean FJ, Garcia-Hernandez M, Radu F, Charlton TR, Rivera-Calzada A, Sefrioui Z, Te Velthuis SGE, Leon C, Santamaria J. Ferroelectric Control of Interface Spin Filtering in Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:037601. [PMID: 30735408 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.037601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The electronic reconstruction occurring at oxide interfaces may be the source of interesting device concepts for future oxide electronics. Among oxide devices, multiferroic tunnel junctions are being actively investigated as they offer the possibility to modulate the junction current by independently controlling the switching of the magnetization of the electrodes and of the ferroelectric polarization of the barrier. In this Letter, we show that the spin reconstruction at the interfaces of a La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3}MnO_{3}/BaTiO_{3}/La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3}MnO_{3} multiferroic tunnel junction is the origin of a spin filtering functionality that can be turned on and off by reversing the ferroelectric polarization. The ferroelectrically controlled interface spin filter enables a giant electrical modulation of the tunneling magnetoresistance between values of 10% and 1000%, which could inspire device concepts in oxides-based low dissipation spintronics.
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- J Tornos
- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Hemholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Hemholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Experimentalphysik (Festkörperphysik), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Hemholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Hemholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- 2D-Foundry Group, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid ICMM-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con aplicación en spintrónica, Unidad Asociada UCM/CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- 2D-Foundry Group, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid ICMM-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con aplicación en spintrónica, Unidad Asociada UCM/CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Hemholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con aplicación en spintrónica, Unidad Asociada UCM/CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con aplicación en spintrónica, Unidad Asociada UCM/CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- GFMC, Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con aplicación en spintrónica, Unidad Asociada UCM/CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- GFMC, Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GFMC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con aplicación en spintrónica, Unidad Asociada UCM/CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- GFMC, Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Leighton C. Electrolyte-based ionic control of functional oxides. NATURE MATERIALS 2019; 18:13-18. [PMID: 30542099 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0246-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The use of electrolyte gating to electrically control electronic, magnetic and optical properties of materials has seen strong recent growth, driven by the potential of the many devices and applications that such control may enable. Contrary to initial expectations of a purely electrostatic response based on electron or hole doping, electrochemical mechanisms based on the motion of ions are now understood to be common, suggesting promising new electrical control concepts.
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- Chris Leighton
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Three-dimensional atomic scale electron density reconstruction of octahedral tilt epitaxy in functional perovskites. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5220. [PMID: 30523251 PMCID: PMC6283878 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07665-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Octahedral tilts are the most ubiquitous distortions in perovskite-related structures that can dramatically influence ferroelectric, magnetic, and electronic properties; yet the paradigm of tilt epitaxy in thin films is barely explored. Non-destructively characterizing such epitaxy in three-dimensions for low symmetry complex tilt systems composed of light anions is a formidable challenge. Here we demonstrate that the interfacial tilt epitaxy can transform ultrathin calcium titanate, a non-polar earth-abundant mineral, into high-temperature polar oxides that last above 900 K. The comprehensive picture of octahedral tilts and polar distortions is revealed by reconstructing the three-dimensional electron density maps across film-substrate interfaces with atomic resolution using coherent Bragg rod analysis. The results are complemented with aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy, film superstructure reflections, and are in excellent agreement with density functional theory. The study could serve as a broader template for non-destructive, three-dimensional atomic resolution probing of complex low symmetry functional interfaces. In complex oxides, oxygen octahedra are major structural motifs and their tilts sensitively determine the material’s physical properties. Exploiting Coherent Bragg Rod Analysis enables 3D mapping of complex tilt patterns and reveals the means to control polarization through them in CaTiO3 thin films.
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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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Li GF, Yang D, Abel Chuang PY. Defining Nafion Ionomer Roles for Enhancing Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Guang-Fu Li
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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Rahman R, Klesko JP, Dangerfield A, Mattson EC, Chabal YJ. Selective Growth of Interface Layers from Reactions of Sc(MeCp) 2(Me 2pz) with Oxide Substrates. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:32818-32827. [PMID: 30211529 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b09264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The transformation of an oxide substrate by its reaction with a chemical precursor during atomic layer deposition (ALD) has not attracted much attention, as films are typically deposited on top of the oxide substrate. However, any modification to the substrate surface can impact the electrical and optical properties of the device. We demonstrate herein the ability of a precursor to react deep within an oxide substrate to form an interfacial layer that is distinct from both the substrate and deposited film. This phenomenon is studied using a scandium precursor, Sc(MeCp)2(Me2pz) (1, MeCp = methylcyclopentadienyl, Me2pz = 3,5-dimethylpyrazolate), and five oxide substrates (SiO2, ZnO, Al2O3, TiO2, and HfO2). In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy shows that at moderate temperatures (∼150 °C) the pyrazolate group of 1 reacts with the surface hydroxyl groups of OH-terminated SiO2 substrates. However, at slightly higher temperatures (≥225 °C) typically used for the ALD of Sc2O3, there is a direct reaction between 1 and the SiO2 layer, in addition to chemisorption at the surface hydroxyl groups. This reaction is sustained by sequential exposures of 1 until an ∼2 nm thick passivating interface layer is formed, indicating that 1 reacts with oxygen derived from SiO2. A shift of the Si 2p core level position, measured by ex situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is consistent with the formation of a ScSi xO y layer. Similar observations are made following the exposure of a ZnO substrate to 1 at 275 °C. In contrast, Al2O3, TiO2, and HfO2 substrates remain resistant to reaction with 1 under similar conditions, except for a surface reaction occurring in the case of TiO2. These striking observations are attributed to the differences in the electrochemical potentials of the elements comprising the oxide substrates to that of scandium. Precursor 1 can react with SiO2 or ZnO substrates, since the constituent elements of these oxides have less-negative electrochemical potentials than do aluminum, titanium, and hafnium. Additionally, Sc2O3 and surface carbonates are deposited on all substrates by gas-phase reactions between 1 and residual water vapor in the reactor. The extent of gas-phase reactions contributing to film growth is governed by the relative pressure of water vapor in the presence of 1. These results suggest caution when using very reactive, oxophilic precursors such as 1 to avoid misinterpreting unconventional film deposition as that resulting from a standard ALD process.
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- Rezwanur Rahman
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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Kuang H, Wang J, Li J, Qiao K, Liu Y, Hu F, Sun J, Shen B. Enhanced Field Modulation Sensitivity and Anomalous Polarity-Dependency Emerged in Spatial-Confined Manganite Strips. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:32597-32606. [PMID: 30175581 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An anomalous polarity-dependent electrostatic field modulation effect, facilitated by spatial confinement, is found in an oxide-based field-effect prototype device with a spatial-confined Pr0.7(Ca0.6Sr0.4)0.3MnO3 channel. It is revealed that the dominant field modulation mode under a small bias field varies from a polarity-independent strain-mediated one to a nonvolatile polarity-dependent one with enhanced modulation sensitivity as the channel width narrows down to several micrometers. Specially, in the structure confined to length scales similar to that of the phase domains, the field modulation exhibits a greatly increased modulation amplitude around the transition temperature and an anomalous bias-polarity dependence that is diametrically opposite to the normal one observed in regular polarization field-effect. Further simulations show that a large in-plane polarization field is unexpectedly induced by a small out-of-plane bias field of 4 kV/cm in the narrow strip (up to 790 kV/cm for the 3 μm strip). Such large in-plane polarization field, facilitated and enhanced by size reduction, drives phase transitions in the narrow channel film, leading to the reconfiguration of percolation channel and nonvolatile modulation of transport properties. Accordingly, the accompanied polarity relationship between the induced in-plane polarization field and the applied vertical bias field well explains the observed anomalous polarity-dependence of the modulation. Our studies reveal a new acting channel in the nanoscale control of lateral configurations of electronic phase separation and macroscopic behaviors by a small vertical electric bias field in spatial-confined field-effect structures. This distinct acting mechanism offers new possibilities for designing low-power all-oxide-based electronic devices and exploiting new types of multifunctionality to other strongly correlated materials where electronic phase competition exists.
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- Hao Kuang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and State Key Laboratory of Magnetism , Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- School of Physical Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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Chemically specific termination control of oxide interfaces via layer-by-layer mean inner potential engineering. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2965. [PMID: 30054461 PMCID: PMC6063925 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04903-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Creating oxide interfaces with precise chemical specificity at the atomic layer level is desired for the engineering of quantum phases and electronic applications, but highly challenging, owing partially to the lack of in situ tools to monitor the chemical composition and completeness of the surface layer during growth. Here we report the in situ observation of atomic layer-by-layer inner potential variations by analysing the Kikuchi lines during epitaxial growth of strontium titanate, providing a powerful real-time technique to monitor and control the chemical composition during growth. A model combining the effects of mean inner potential and step edge density (roughness) reveals the underlying mechanism of the complex and previously not well-understood reflection high-energy electron diffraction oscillations observed in the shuttered growth of oxide films. General rules are proposed to guide the synthesis of atomically and chemically sharp oxide interfaces, opening up vast opportunities for the exploration of intriguing quantum phenomena at oxide interfaces. Precisely controlled growth of oxide interfaces at the atomic layer level is critical for device applications but quite challenging. Here Sun et al. show real time monitoring and control of the surface composition of epitaxial strontium titanate perovskite films by analysing the Kikuchi lines.
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Hu HL, Pham A, Tilley R, Zeng R, Tan TT, Kong CHC, Webster R, Wang D, Li S. Largely Enhanced Mobility in Trilayered LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3/LaAlO 3 Heterostructures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:20950-20958. [PMID: 29847913 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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LaAlO3 (LAO)/SrTiO3 (STO)/LaAlO3 (LAO) heterostructures were epitaxially deposited on TiO2-terminated (100) SrTiO3 single-crystal substrates by laser molecular beam epitaxy. The electron Hall mobility of 1.2 × 104 cm2/V s at 2 K was obtained in our trilayered heterostructures grown under 1 × 10-5 Torr, which was significantly higher than that in single-layer 5 unit cells LAO (∼4 × 103 cm2/V s) epitaxially grown on (100) STO substrates under the same conditions. It is believed that the enhancement of dielectric permittivity in the polar insulating trilayer can screen the electric field, thus reducing the carrier effective mass of the two-dimensional electron gas formed at the TiO2 interfacial layer in the substrate, resulting in a largely enhanced mobility, as suggested by the first-principle calculation. Our results will pave the way for designing high-mobility oxide nanoelectronic devices based on LAO/STO heterostructures.
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Osada M, Sasaki T. Nanoarchitectonics in dielectric/ferroelectric layered perovskites: from bulk 3D systems to 2D nanosheets. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:2841-2851. [PMID: 29165463 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03719h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present an overview of recent investigations on the dielectric/ferroelectric properties of Dion-Jacobson-type perovskites, including bulk 3D layered systems and their exfoliated 2D nanosheets. In contrast to the Ruddlesden-Popper and Aurivillius phases, the Dion-Jacobson phases in bulk 3D systems have not been important targets for constructing dielectric/ferroelectric materials. However, recent investigations on Dion-Jacobson phases have provided new impetus to dielectric/ferroelectric materials. Dion-Jacobson perovskites can also facilitate delamination into 2D nanosheets. Layer-by-layer engineering of 2D perovskite nanosheets has a great potential for the rational design of new high-k dielectric/ferroelectric materials and nanodevices.
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- Minoru Osada
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
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Wang S, Bai Y, Xie L, Li C, Key JD, Wu D, Wang P, Pan X. Ferroelectric Polarization-Modulated Interfacial Fine Structures Involving Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Pb(Zr,Ti)O 3/LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 Heterostructures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:1374-1382. [PMID: 29226675 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Interfacial fine structures of bare LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterostructures are compared with those of LAO/STO heterostructures capped with upward-polarized Pb(Zr0.1,Ti0.9)O3 (PZTup) or downward-polarized Pb(Zr0.5,Ti0.5)O3 (PZTdown) overlayers by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy experiments. By combining the acquired electron energy-loss spectroscopy mapping, we are able to directly observe electron transfer from Ti4+ to Ti3+ and ionic displacements at the interface of bare LAO/STO and PZTdown/LAO/STO heterostructure unit cell by unit cell. No evidence of Ti3+ is observed at the interface of the PZTup/LAO/STO samples. Furthermore, the confinement of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the interface is determined by atomic-column spatial resolution. Compared with the bare LAO/STO interface, the 2DEG density at the LAO/STO interface is enhanced or depressed by the PZTdown or PZTup overlayer, respectively. Our microscopy studies shed light on the mechanism of ferroelectric modulation of interfacial transport at polar/nonpolar oxide heterointerfaces, which may facilitate applications of these materials as nonvolatile memory.
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- Shuangbao Wang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, Guangxi University , Nanning 530004, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, Guangxi University , Nanning 530004, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California , Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Wang Y, Cheng J, Behtash M, Tang W, Luo J, Yang K. First-principles studies of polar perovskite KTaO3 surfaces: structural reconstruction, charge compensation, and stability diagram. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:18515-18527. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02540a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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First-principles calculations predict a surface phase stability diagram for the polar perovskite KTaO3.
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- Yaqin Wang
- Department of Material Science and Engineering
- Xihua University
- Chengdu
- P. R. China
- Department of NanoEngineering
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Chengdu 610054
- P. R. China
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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Sun W, Wang Z, Zaman WQ, Zhou Z, Cao L, Gong XQ, Yang J. Effect of lattice strain on the electro-catalytic activity of IrO2 for water splitting. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:996-999. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09580e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lattice strain control of the OER activity of IrO2.
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- Wei Sun
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials
- Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials
- Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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Sun W, Zhou Z, Zaman WQ, Cao LM, Yang J. Rational Manipulation of IrO 2 Lattice Strain on α-MnO 2 Nanorods as a Highly Efficient Water-Splitting Catalyst. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:41855-41862. [PMID: 29148711 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Developing more efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is critical for future energy conversion and storage technologies. We demonstrate that inducing a lattice strain in IrO2 crystal structure due to interface lattice mismatch enables an enhancement of the OER catalytic activity. The lattice strain is obtained by the direct growth of IrO2 nanoparticles on a specially exposed surface of α-MnO2 nanorods via a simple two-step hydrothermal synthesis. Interestingly, the prepared hydride OER activity increases with a lower IrO2 grown mass, which offers an opportunity to reduce the usage of precious iridium and ultimately obtains a specific mass activity of 3.7 times than that of IrO2 prepared under the same conditions and exhibits equivalent stability. The lattice mismatch in the underlying interface induces the formation of lattice strain in IrO2 rather than the charge transfer between the materials. The lattice strain changes are in good agreement with the order of the OER activity. Our experimental results indicate that using the special exposed surface substrates or tuning the supporting morphology structure can manipulate the catalyst materials lattice strain for the design of more efficient OER catalysts.
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- Wei Sun
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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Moon EJ, He Q, Ghosh S, Kirby BJ, Pantelides ST, Borisevich AY, May SJ. Structural "δ Doping" to Control Local Magnetization in Isovalent Oxide Heterostructures. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:197204. [PMID: 29219521 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.197204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Modulation and δ-doping strategies, in which atomically thin layers of charged dopants are precisely deposited within a heterostructure, have played enabling roles in the discovery of new physical behavior in electronic materials. Here, we demonstrate a purely structural "δ-doping" strategy in complex oxide heterostructures, in which atomically thin manganite layers are inserted into an isovalent manganite host, thereby modifying the local rotations of corner-connected MnO_{6} octahedra. Combining scanning transmission electron microscopy, polarized neutron reflectometry, and density functional theory, we reveal how local magnetic exchange interactions are enhanced within the spatially confined regions of suppressed octahedral rotations. The combined experimental and theoretical results illustrate the potential to utilize noncharge-based approaches to "doping" in order to enhance or suppress functional properties within spatially confined regions of oxide heterostructures.
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- E J Moon
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
- SRM Research Institute and Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Hamann-Borrero JE, Macke S, Gray B, Kareev M, Schierle E, Partzsch S, Zwiebler M, Treske U, Koitzsch A, Büchner B, Freeland JW, Chakhalian J, Geck J. Site-selective spectroscopy with depth resolution using resonant x-ray reflectometry. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13792. [PMID: 29061996 PMCID: PMC5653850 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12642-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Combining dissimilar transition metal oxides (TMOs) into artificial heterostructures enables to create electronic interface systems with new electronic properties that do not exist in bulk. A detailed understanding of how such interfaces can be used to tailor physical properties requires characterization techniques capable to yield interface sensitive spectroscopic information with monolayer resolution. In this regard resonant x-ray reflectivity (RXR) provides a unique experimental tool to achieve exactly this. It yields the element specific electronic depth profiles in a non-destructive manner. Here, using a YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) thin film, we demonstrate that RXR is further capable to deliver site selectivity. By applying a new analysis scheme to RXR, which takes the atomic structure of the material into account, together with information of the local charge anisotropy of the resonant ions, we obtained spectroscopic information from the different Cu sites (e.g., chain and plane) throughout the film profile. While most of the film behaves bulk-like, we observe that the Cu-chains at the surface show characteristics of electron doping, whereas the Cu-planes closest to the surface exhibit an orbital reconstruction similar to that observed at La1−xCaxMnO3/YBCO interfaces.
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- J E Hamann-Borrero
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden, 01171, Dresden, Germany.
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- Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 70701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, D-12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden, 01171, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden, 01171, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden, 01171, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden, 01171, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden, 01171, Dresden, Germany.,Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, TU Dresden, D-01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, USA
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- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, TU Dresden, D-01062, Dresden, Germany.
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Shin YJ, Wang L, Kim Y, Nahm HH, Lee D, Kim JR, Yang SM, Yoon JG, Chung JS, Kim M, Chang SH, Noh TW. Oxygen Partial Pressure during Pulsed Laser Deposition: Deterministic Role on Thermodynamic Stability of Atomic Termination Sequence at SrRuO 3/BaTiO 3 Interface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:27305-27312. [PMID: 28731326 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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With recent trends on miniaturizing oxide-based devices, the need for atomic-scale control of surface/interface structures by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) has increased. In particular, realizing uniform atomic termination at the surface/interface is highly desirable. However, a lack of understanding on the surface formation mechanism in PLD has limited a deliberate control of surface/interface atomic stacking sequences. Here, taking the prototypical SrRuO3/BaTiO3/SrRuO3 (SRO/BTO/SRO) heterostructure as a model system, we investigated the formation of different interfacial termination sequences (BaO-RuO2 or TiO2-SrO) with oxygen partial pressure (PO2) during PLD. We found that a uniform SrO-TiO2 termination sequence at the SRO/BTO interface can be achieved by lowering the PO2 to 5 mTorr, regardless of the total background gas pressure (Ptotal), growth mode, or growth rate. Our results indicate that the thermodynamic stability of the BTO surface at the low-energy kinetics stage of PLD can play an important role in surface/interface termination formation. This work paves the way for realizing termination engineering in functional oxide heterostructures.
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- Yeong Jae Shin
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sookmyung Women's University , Seoul 04310, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Suwon , Hwaseong, Gyunggi-do 18323, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Soongsil University , Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Zhang KHL, Wu R, Tang F, Li W, Oropeza FE, Qiao L, Lazarov VK, Du Y, Payne DJ, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Blamire MG. Electronic Structure and Band Alignment at the NiO and SrTiO 3 p-n Heterojunctions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:26549-26555. [PMID: 28695740 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Understanding the energetics at the interface, including the alignment of valence and conduction bands, built-in potentials, and ionic and electronic reconstructions, is an important challenge in designing oxide interfaces that have controllable multifunctionalities for novel (opto-)electronic devices. In this work, we report detailed investigations on the heterointerface of wide-band-gap p-type NiO and n-type SrTiO3 (STO). We show that despite a large lattice mismatch (∼7%) and dissimilar crystal structure, high-quality NiO and Li-doped NiO (LNO) thin films can be epitaxially grown on STO(001) substrates through a domain-matching epitaxy mechanism. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies indicate that NiO/STO heterojunctions form a type II "staggered" band alignment. In addition, a large built-in potential of up to 0.97 eV was observed at the interface of LNO and Nb-doped STO (NbSTO). The LNO/NbSTO p-n heterojunctions exhibit not only a large rectification ratio of 2 × 103 but also a large ideality factor of 4.3. The NiO/STO p-n heterojunctions have important implications for applications in photocatalysis and photodetectors as the interface provides favorable energetics for facile separation and transport of photogenerated electrons and holes.
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- Kelvin H L Zhang
- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London , Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- School of Materials, The University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Physics, University of York , Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Physical Sciences Division, Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London , Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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Li BW, Osada M, Kim YH, Ebina Y, Akatsuka K, Sasaki T. Atomic Layer Engineering of High-κ Ferroelectricity in 2D Perovskites. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:10868-10874. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Bao-Wen Li
- World Premier International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Shin YJ, Kim Y, Kang SJ, Nahm HH, Murugavel P, Kim JR, Cho MR, Wang L, Yang SM, Yoon JG, Chung JS, Kim M, Zhou H, Chang SH, Noh TW. Interface Control of Ferroelectricity in an SrRuO 3 /BaTiO 3 /SrRuO 3 Capacitor and its Critical Thickness. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1602795. [PMID: 28256752 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The atomic-scale synthesis of artificial oxide heterostructures offers new opportunities to create novel states that do not occur in nature. The main challenge related to synthesizing these structures is obtaining atomically sharp interfaces with designed termination sequences. In this study, it is demonstrated that the oxygen pressure (PO2) during growth plays an important role in controlling the interfacial terminations of SrRuO3 /BaTiO3 /SrRuO3 (SRO/BTO/SRO) ferroelectric (FE) capacitors. The SRO/BTO/SRO heterostructures are grown by a pulsed laser deposition method. The top SRO/BTO interface, grown at high PO2 (around 150 mTorr), usually exhibits a mixture of RuO2 -BaO and SrO-TiO2 terminations. By reducing PO2, the authors obtain atomically sharp SRO/BTO top interfaces with uniform SrO-TiO2 termination. Using capacitor devices with symmetric and uniform interfacial termination, it is demonstrated for the first time that the FE critical thickness can reach the theoretical limit of 3.5 unit cells.
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- Yeong Jae Shin
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, 04310, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Suwon, Hwaseong, Gyunggi-do, 18323, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Abbas K, Hwang J, Bae G, Choi H, Kang DJ. Control of Multilevel Resistance in Vanadium Dioxide by Electric Field Using Hybrid Dielectrics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:13571-13576. [PMID: 28351132 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We investigate the effect of electric field on VO2 back-gated field effect transistor (FET) devices. Using hybrid dielectric layers, we demonstrate the highest resistance modulation on the order of 102 in VO2 at a positive gate bias of 80 V (1.6 MV/cm). VO2 FET devices are prepared on SiO2 substrates of different thicknesses (100-300 nm) and hybrid dielectric layers of Al2O3/SiO2 (500 nm). For thicknesses less than 300 nm, no electric-field effects are observed, whereas for a 300 nm thickness, a small decrease in resistance is observed under a 0.2 MV/cm electric field. Under the electrostatic effect, the carrier concentration increases in VO2 devices, decreasing the resistance and the transition temperature from 66.75 to 64 °C. The leakage analysis shows that the interface quality of VO2 films on hybrid dielectric layers can be further improved. These studies suggest a multilevel fast resistance switching with the electric field and give an insight into the gate-source leakage current, which limits the phase transition in VO2 in an electric field.
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- Kaleem Abbas
- Department of Physics and Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University , 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeoggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University , 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeoggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University , 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeoggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) , 711-873 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University , 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeoggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Iida K, Nobusada K. Atomically modified thin interface in metal-dielectric hetero-integrated systems: control of electronic properties. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:145503. [PMID: 28248650 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa5e81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We have performed first-principles studies of the electronic properties of Cu-diamond hetero-integrated systems, particularly placing emphasis on elucidating the effects of surface modification of diamond with H or O. It is found that the electronic properties crucially depend on the chemical compositions of the modified atomically thin interface region. The local density of states (LDOS) of the H-terminated diamond moiety near the Cu surface exhibits a clearly different distribution from that near the vacuum region, whereas the LDOS of the O-terminated diamond is almost independent of the Cu deposition. In other words, the effects of the electronic interactions between Cu and diamond on the electronic properties in the interface region are readily controlled by surface modification with only one atomic (i.e. H or O) layer. Electric field (EF) effects on the Cu-diamond systems also strongly depend on the electronic details, i.e. atomistic modification in the interface regions. In particular, at the interface between the H-terminated diamond moiety and the vacuum region, its conduction band energy is strongly affected by an applied EF much more than the valence band energy; that is, the band gap can be varied with an applied EF. The band gap variation is found to be attributed to an atomistic level difference in the spatial extension of the valence and conduction bands and thus is not explained with a macroscopic band diagram model. It has been demonstrated that the electronic properties of hetero-integrated systems are described and controlled well by carefully designing atomically thin interface regions.
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- Kenji Iida
- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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Hellman F, Hoffmann A, Tserkovnyak Y, Beach GSD, Fullerton EE, Leighton C, MacDonald AH, Ralph DC, Arena DA, Dürr HA, Fischer P, Grollier J, Heremans JP, Jungwirth T, Kimel AV, Koopmans B, Krivorotov IN, May SJ, Petford-Long AK, Rondinelli JM, Samarth N, Schuller IK, Slavin AN, Stiles MD, Tchernyshyov O, Thiaville A, Zink BL. Interface-Induced Phenomena in Magnetism. REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 2017; 89:025006. [PMID: 28890576 PMCID: PMC5587142 DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.89.025006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on interfacially-driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and intrinsic symmetry breaking at interfaces. It provides a historical background and literature survey, but focuses on recent progress, identifying the most exciting new scientific results and pointing to promising future research directions. It starts with an introduction and overview of how basic magnetic properties are affected by interfaces, then turns to a discussion of charge and spin transport through and near interfaces and how these can be used to control the properties of the magnetic layer. Important concepts include spin accumulation, spin currents, spin transfer torque, and spin pumping. An overview is provided to the current state of knowledge and existing review literature on interfacial effects such as exchange bias, exchange spring magnets, spin Hall effect, oxide heterostructures, and topological insulators. The article highlights recent discoveries of interface-induced magnetism and non-collinear spin textures, non-linear dynamics including spin torque transfer and magnetization reversal induced by interfaces, and interfacial effects in ultrafast magnetization processes.
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- Frances Hellman
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0401, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0264, USA
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- Physics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA; Kavli Institute at Cornell, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620-7100, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; Physics Department, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 94056, USA
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales and Université Paris Sud 11, 1 Avenue Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, 162 53 Praha 6, Czech Republic; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Physics, Center for NanoMaterials, COBRA Research Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Advanced Nanoscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6202, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR CNRS 8502, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
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Cheng J, Luo J, Yang K. Comparison Studies of Interfacial Electronic and Energetic Properties of LaAlO 3/TiO 2 and TiO 2/LaAlO 3 Heterostructures from First-Principles Calculations. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:7682-7690. [PMID: 28139115 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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By using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we studied electronic and energetic properties of perovskite oxide heterostructures with different epitaxial growth order between anatase TiO2 and LaAlO3. Two types of heterostructures, i.e., TiO2 film grown on LaAlO3 substrate (TiO2/LaAlO3) and LaAlO3 film grown on TiO2 substrate (LaAlO3/TiO2), were modeled. The TiO2/LaAlO3 model is intrinsically metallic and thus does not exhibit an insulator-to-metal transition as TiO2 film thickness increases; in contrast, the LaAlO3/TiO2 model shows an insulator-to-metal transition as the LaAlO3 film thickness increases up to 4 unit cells. The former model has a larger interfacial charge carrier density (n ∼ 1014 cm-2) and smaller electron effective mass (0.47me) than the later one (n ∼ 1013 cm-2, and 0.70me). The interfacial energetics calculations indicate that the TiO2/LaAlO3 model is energetically more favorable than the LaAlO3/TiO2 model, and the former has a stronger interface cohesion than the later model. This research provides fundamental insights into the different interfacial electronic and energetic properties of TiO2/LaAlO3 and LaAlO3/TiO2 heterostructures.
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- Jianli Cheng
- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0448, La Jolla, California 92093-0448, United States
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0448, La Jolla, California 92093-0448, United States
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0448, La Jolla, California 92093-0448, United States
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Först M, Beyerlein KR, Mankowsky R, Hu W, Mattoni G, Catalano S, Gibert M, Yefanov O, Clark JN, Frano A, Glownia JM, Chollet M, Lemke H, Moser B, Collins SP, Dhesi SS, Caviglia AD, Triscone JM, Cavalleri A. Multiple Supersonic Phase Fronts Launched at a Complex-Oxide Heterointerface. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:027401. [PMID: 28128616 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.027401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Selective optical excitation of a substrate lattice can drive phase changes across heterointerfaces. This phenomenon is a nonequilibrium analogue of static strain control in heterostructures and may lead to new applications in optically controlled phase change devices. Here, we make use of time-resolved nonresonant and resonant x-ray diffraction to clarify the underlying physics and to separate different microscopic degrees of freedom in space and time. We measure the dynamics of the lattice and that of the charge disproportionation in NdNiO_{3}, when an insulator-metal transition is driven by coherent lattice distortions in the LaAlO_{3} substrate. We find that charge redistribution propagates at supersonic speeds from the interface into the NdNiO_{3} film, followed by a sonic lattice wave. When combined with measurements of magnetic disordering and of the metal-insulator transition, these results establish a hierarchy of events for ultrafast control at complex-oxide heterointerfaces.
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- M Först
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Stanford Pulse Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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Li J, Yin D, Li Q, Sun R, Huang S, Meng F. Interfacial defects induced electronic property transformation at perovskite SrVO3/SrTiO3 and LaCrO3/SrTiO3 heterointerfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:6945-6951. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07691b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Unravelling the atomic structure and chemical species of interfacial defects is critical to understanding the origin of interfacial properties in many heterojunctions.
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- Junjie Li
- Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics and Advanced Instrument
- Ministry of Education
- Department of Physics
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- School of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200093
- China
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- Institute of Engineering Innovation
- The University of Tokyo
- Bunkyo-ku
- Japan
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- Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics and Advanced Instrument
- Ministry of Education
- Department of Physics
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Changchun University of Science and Technology
- Changchun 130022
- China
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Depth resolved lattice-charge coupling in epitaxial BiFeO 3 thin film. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38724. [PMID: 27929103 PMCID: PMC5144002 DOI: 10.1038/srep38724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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For epitaxial films, a critical thickness (tc) can create a phenomenological interface between a strained bottom layer and a relaxed top layer. Here, we present an experimental report of how the tc in BiFeO3 thin films acts as a boundary to determine the crystalline phase, ferroelectricity, and piezoelectricity in 60 nm thick BiFeO3/SrRuO3/SrTiO3 substrate. We found larger Fe cation displacement of the relaxed layer than that of strained layer. In the time-resolved X-ray microdiffraction analyses, the piezoelectric response of the BiFeO3 film was resolved into a strained layer with an extremely low piezoelectric coefficient of 2.4 pm/V and a relaxed layer with a piezoelectric coefficient of 32 pm/V. The difference in the Fe displacements between the strained and relaxed layers is in good agreement with the differences in the piezoelectric coefficient due to the electromechanical coupling.
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