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MacManus-Driscoll JL, Wu R, Li W. Interface-related phenomena in epitaxial complex oxide ferroics across different thin film platforms: opportunities and challenges. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:1060-1086. [PMID: 36815609 PMCID: PMC10068909 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh01527g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Interfaces in complex oxides give rise to fascinating new physical phenomena arising from the interconnected spin, lattice, charge and orbital degrees of freedom. Most commonly, interfaces are engineered in epitaxial superlattice films. Of growing interest also are epitaxial vertically aligned nanocomposite films where interfaces form by self-assembly. These two thin film forms offer different capabilities for materials tuning and have been explored largely separately from one another. Ferroics (ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, multiferroic) are among the most fascinating phenomena to be manipulated using interface effects. Hence, in this review we compare and contrast the ferroic properties that arise in these two different film forms, highlighting exemplary materials combinations which demonstrate novel, enhanced and/or emergent ferroic functionalities. We discuss the origins of the observed functionalities and propose where knowledge can be translated from one materials form to another, to potentially produce new functionalities. Finally, for the two different film forms we present a perspective on underexplored/emerging research directions.
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
- Spin-X Institute, School of Physics and Optoelectronics, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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Jiang J, Yang Q, Zhang Y, Li XY, Shao PW, Hsieh YH, Liu HJ, Peng QX, Zhong GK, Pan XQ, Chu YH, Zhou YC. Self-Assembled Ferroelectric Nanoarray. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:2205-2210. [PMID: 30408951 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b14775] [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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Self-assembled heteroepitaxial nanostructures have played an important role for miniaturization of electronic devices, e.g., the ultrahigh density ferroelectric memories, and cause for great concern. Our first principle calculations predict that the materials with low formation energy of the interface ( Ef) tend to form matrix structure in self-assembled heteroepitaxial nanostructures, whereas those with high Ef form nanopillars. Under the guidance of the theoretical modeling, perovskite BiFeO3 (BFO) nanopillars are swimmingly grown into CeO2 matrix on single-crystal (001)-SrTiO3 (STO) substrates by pulsed laser deposition, where CeO2 has a lower formation energy of the interface ( Ef) than BFO. This work provides a good paradigm for controlling self-assembled nanostructures as well as the application of self-assembled ferroelectric nanoscale memory.
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- Jie Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education , Xiangtan University , 411105 Xiangtan , China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education , Xiangtan University , 411105 Xiangtan , China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , University of California-Irvine , Irvine , California 92697 , United States
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education , Xiangtan University , 411105 Xiangtan , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , National Chiao Tung University , 30010 Hsinchu , Taiwan, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , National Chiao Tung University , 30010 Hsinchu , Taiwan, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , National Chung Hsing University , 40227 Taichung , Taiwan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education , Xiangtan University , 411105 Xiangtan , China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education , Xiangtan University , 411105 Xiangtan , China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , University of California-Irvine , Irvine , California 92697 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , National Chiao Tung University , 30010 Hsinchu , Taiwan, China
- Material and Chemical Research Laboratories , Industrial Technology Research Institute , 31040 Hsinchu , Taiwan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education , Xiangtan University , 411105 Xiangtan , China
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Chen A, Su Q, Han H, Enriquez E, Jia Q. Metal Oxide Nanocomposites: A Perspective from Strain, Defect, and Interface. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1803241. [PMID: 30368932 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201803241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films with ordered two phases, grown epitaxially on substrates, have attracted tremendous interest in the past decade. These unique nanostructured composite thin films with large vertical interfacial area, controllable vertical lattice strain, and defects provide an intriguing playground, allowing for the manipulation of a variety of functional properties of the materials via the interplay among strain, defect, and interface. This field has evolved from basic growth and characterization to functionality tuning as well as potential applications in energy conversion and information technology. Here, the remarkable progress achieved in vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films from a perspective of tuning functionalities through control of strain, defect, and interface is summarized.
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- Aiping Chen
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
- Division of Quantum Phases and Devices, Department of Physics, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, South Korea
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Barla A, Nicolás J, Cocco D, Valvidares SM, Herrero-Martín J, Gargiani P, Moldes J, Ruget C, Pellegrin E, Ferrer S. Design and performance of BOREAS, the beamline for resonant X-ray absorption and scattering experiments at the ALBA synchrotron light source. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2016; 23:1507-1517. [PMID: 27787258 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516013461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The optical design of the BOREAS beamline operating at the ALBA synchrotron radiation facility is described. BOREAS is dedicated to resonant X-ray absorption and scattering experiments using soft X-rays, in an unusually extended photon energy range from 80 to above 4000 eV, and with full polarization control. Its optical scheme includes a fixed-included-angle, variable-line-spacing grating monochromator and a pair of refocusing mirrors, equipped with benders, in a Kirkpatrick-Baez arrangement. It is equipped with two end-stations, one for X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and the other for resonant magnetic scattering. The commissioning results show that the expected beamline performance is achieved both in terms of energy resolution and of photon flux at the sample position.
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- Alessandro Barla
- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 94025 Menlo Park, USA
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Evolution of microstructure, strain and physical properties in oxide nanocomposite films. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5426. [PMID: 24958206 PMCID: PMC4067618 DOI: 10.1038/srep05426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We, using LSMO:ZnO nanocomposite films as a model system, have studied the effect of film thickness on the physical properties of nanocomposites. It shows that strain, microstructure, as well as magnetoresistance strongly rely on film thickness. The magnetotransport properties have been fitted by a modified parallel connection channel model, which is in agreement with the microstructure evolution as a function of film thickness in nanocomposite films on sapphire substrates. The strain analysis indicates that the variation of physical properties in nanocomposite films on LAO is dominated by strain effect. These results confirm the critical role of film thickness on microstructures, strain states, and functionalities. It further shows that one can use film thickness as a key parameter to design nanocomposites with optimum functionalities.
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Chang WS, Liu HJ, Tra VT, Chen JW, Wei TC, Tzeng WY, Zhu Y, Kuo HH, Hsieh YH, Lin JC, Zhan Q, Luo CW, Lin JY, He JH, Wu CL, Chu YH. Tuning electronic transport in a self-assembled nanocomposite. ACS NANO 2014; 8:6242-6249. [PMID: 24841152 DOI: 10.1021/nn501682t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Self-assembled nanocomposites with a high interface-to-volume ratio offer an opportunity to overcome limitations in current technology, where intriguing transport behaviors can be tailored by the choice of proper interactions of constituents. Here we integrated metallic perovskite oxide SrRuO3-wurzite semiconductor ZnO nanocomposites to investigate the room-temperature metal-insulator transition and its effect on photoresponse. We demonstrate that the band structure at the interface can be tuned by controlling the interface-to-volume ratio of the nanocomposites. Photoinduced carrier injection driven by visible light was detected across the nanocomposites. This work shows the charge interaction of the vertically integrated multiheterostructures by incorporating a controllable interface-to-volume ratio, which is essential for optimization of the design and functionality of electronic devices.
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- Wei Sea Chang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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