327 research outputs found
Strain-induced single-domain growth of epitaxial SrRuO3 layers on SrTiO3: a high-temperature x-ray diffraction study
Temperature dependent structural phase transitions of SrRuO3 thin films
epitaxially grown on SrTiO3(001) single crystal substrates have been studied
using high-resolution x-ray diffraction. In contrast to bulk SrRuO3, coherently
strained epitaxial layers do not display cubic symmetry up to ~730 oC and
remain tetragonal. Such behavior is believed to be induced by compressive
strain between the SrRuO3 layer and SrTiO3 substrate due to lattice mismatch.
The tetragonal symmetry during growth explains the single domain growth on
miscut SrTiO3 substrates with step edges running along the [100] or [010]
direction.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Complex plume stoichiometry during pulsed laser deposition of SrVO<sub>3</sub> at low oxygen pressures
To control the pulsed laser deposition synthesis, knowledge on the relationship between the plasma plume and the grown thin film is required. We show that the oxidation of species in the plasma plume still affects the SrVO3 growth even at low oxygen partial pressures. Optical emission spectroscopy measurements for the plasma plume at different growth conditions were correlated with the film properties determined by Atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transport. At reducing oxygen pressures, the background argon pressure can affect the oxidation in the plasma plume, which in turn controls the growth kinetics, stoichiometry, and electrical properties of the films
Quantum Anomalous Hall State in Ferromagnetic SrRuO (111) Bilayers
SrRuO heterostructures grown in the (111) direction are a rare example of
thin film ferromagnets. By means of density functional theory plus dynamical
mean field theory we show that the half-metallic ferromagnetic state with an
ordered magnetic moment of 2/Ru survives the ultimate dimensional
confinement down to a bilayer, even at elevated temperatures of 500K. In
the minority channel, the spin-orbit coupling opens a gap at the linear band
crossing corresponding to filling of the shell. We
demonstrate that the respective state is Haldane's quantum anomalous Hall state
with Chern number =1, without an external magnetic field or magnetic
impurities.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Influence of growth conditions on PbZr<sub>0.20</sub>Ti<sub>0.80</sub>O<sub>3</sub> thin films
Stabilization of the perovskite phase in the Y-Bi-O system by using a BaBiO buffer layer
A topological insulating phase has theoretically been predicted for the
thermodynamically unstable perovskite phase of YBiO. Here, it is shown
that the crystal structure of the Y-Bi-O system can be controlled by using a
BaBiO buffer layer. The BaBiO film overcomes the large lattice
mismatch of 12% with the SrTiO substrate by forming a rocksalt structure
in between the two perovskite structures. Depositing an YBiO film
directly on a SrTiO substrate gives a fluorite structure. However, when
the Y-Bi-O system is deposited on top of the buffer layer with the correct
crystal phase and comparable lattice constant, a single oriented perovskite
structure with the expected lattice constants is observed.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures + 4 pages supporting informatio
On the importance of the SrTiO<sub>3</sub> template and the electronic contact layer for the integration of phase-pure low hysteretic Pb(Mg<sub>0.33</sub>Nb<sub>0.67</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>-PbTiO<sub>3</sub> layers with Si
The rapid advent of the piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (PiezoMEMS) field has created a tremendous demand for low hysteretic piezoelectric thin films on Si. In this work, we present the integration of epitaxial Pb(Mg0.33Nb0.67)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) thin films with Si to enable device fabrication using state of the art methods. With optimized buffer layers and electronic contacts, high-quality low hysteretic PMN-PT thin films are integrated with Si, which is a significant stride towards employing PMN-PT thin film for PiezoMEMS devices. It is found that the processing of the necessary SrTiO3 buffer layer is crucial to achieve the growth of phase-pure perovskite PMN-PT layers on Si. Furthermore, we propose the engineering of the electronic contact for the PMN-PT-on-Si capacitors to obtain low hysteretic polarization and displacement responses.</p
Determining the energetics of vicinal perovskite oxide surfaces
The energetics of vicinal SrTiO(001) and DyScO(110), prototypical
perovskite vicinal surfaces, has been studied using topographic atomic force
microscopy imaging. The kink formation and strain relaxation energies are
extracted from a statistical analysis of the step meandering. Both perovskite
surfaces have very similar kink formation energies and exhibit a similar
triangular step undulation. Our experiments suggest that the energetics of
perovskite oxide surfaces is mainly governed by the local oxygen coordination.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
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