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Cao G, Weng Y, Yao X, Ward TZ, Gai Z, Mandrus D, Dong S. Effect of Mn doping and charge transfer on LaTi 1-xMn xO 3. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 35:055601. [PMID: 36410040 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aca4b3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We report the magnetic and electronic transport properties of Mn-doped LaTi1-xMnxO3(x= 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5) as a function of temperature and an applied magnetic field. It was found that the Mn-doped samples show a magnetic transition which is not present in the parent LaTiO3. The Mn-doped samples showed fluctuations in magnetization at low fields below their Néel transition temperature indicating electronic phase separation in the material. Increased Mn content in the sample strengthens the ferromagnetic-like moment while maintaining G-type antiferromagnetic phase by charge transfer from Mn to Ti and influencing orbital ordering of the Ti3+t2gorbitals. The results are discussed in parallel with transport and bulk magnetization measurements detailing the electronic behavior. An additional context for the mechanism is supported by first-principles density-function theory calculations.
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- Guixin Cao
- Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
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- School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States of America
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, United States of America
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States of America
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- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China
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Middey S, Rivero P, Meyers D, Kareev M, Liu X, Cao Y, Freeland JW, Barraza-Lopez S, Chakhalian J. Polarity compensation in ultra-thin films of complex oxides: the case of a perovskite nickelate. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6819. [PMID: 25352069 PMCID: PMC4212234 DOI: 10.1038/srep06819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We address the fundamental issue of growth of perovskite ultra-thin films under the condition of a strong polar mismatch at the heterointerface exemplified by the growth of a correlated metal LaNiO3 on the band insulator SrTiO3 along the pseudo cubic [111] direction. While in general the metallic LaNiO3 film can effectively screen this polarity mismatch, we establish that in the ultra-thin limit, films are insulating in nature and require additional chemical and structural reconstruction to compensate for such mismatch. A combination of in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction recorded during the growth, X-ray diffraction, and synchrotron based resonant X-ray spectroscopy reveal the formation of a chemical phase La2Ni2O5 (Ni2+) for a few unit-cell thick films. First-principles layer-resolved calculations of the potential energy across the nominal LaNiO3/SrTiO3 interface confirm that the oxygen vacancies can efficiently reduce the electric field at the interface.
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- S Middey
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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Liu J, Kareev M, Meyers D, Gray B, Ryan P, Freeland JW, Chakhalian J. Metal-insulator transition and orbital reconstruction in Mott-type quantum wells made of NdNiO3. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:107402. [PMID: 23005325 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.107402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The metal-insulator transition and the underlying electronic and orbital structure in e(g)(1) quantum wells based on NdNiO3 were investigated by dc transport and resonant soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy. By comparing quantum wells of the same dimension but with two different confinement structures, we explicitly demonstrate that the quantum well boundary condition of correlated electrons is critical to selecting the many-body ground state. In particular, the long-range orderings and the metal-insulator transition are found to be strongly enhanced under quantum confinement by sandwiching NdNiO(3) with the wide-gap dielectric LaAlO(3), while they are suppressed when one of the interfaces is replaced by a surface (interface with vacuum). Resonant spectroscopy reveals that the reduced charge fluctuations in the sandwich structure are supported by the enhanced propensity to charge ordering due to the suppressed e(g) orbital splitting when interfaced with the confining LaAlO3 layer.
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- Jian Liu
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA.
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Hwang HY, Iwasa Y, Kawasaki M, Keimer B, Nagaosa N, Tokura Y. Emergent phenomena at oxide interfaces. NATURE MATERIALS 2012; 11:103-13. [PMID: 22270825 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 725] [Impact Index Per Article: 60.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recent technical advances in the atomic-scale synthesis of oxide heterostructures have provided a fertile new ground for creating novel states at their interfaces. Different symmetry constraints can be used to design structures exhibiting phenomena not found in the bulk constituents. A characteristic feature is the reconstruction of the charge, spin and orbital states at interfaces on the nanometre scale. Examples such as interface superconductivity, magneto-electric coupling, and the quantum Hall effect in oxide heterostructures are representative of the scientific and technological opportunities in this rapidly emerging field.
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- H Y Hwang
- Correlated Electron Research Group, RIKEN-Advanced Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Wadati H, Geck J, Hawthorn DG, Higuchi T, Hosoda M, Bell C, Hikita Y, Hwang HY, Schussler-Langeheine C, Schierle E, Weschke E, Sawatzky GA. Electronic structure of the SrTiO3/LaAlO3interface revealed by resonant soft x-ray scattering. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/24/1/012012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chen H, Kolpak AM, Ismail-Beigi S. Electronic and magnetic properties of SrTiO(3)/LaAlO(3) interfaces from first principles. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2010; 22:2881-2899. [PMID: 20408133 DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A number of intriguing properties emerge upon the formation of the epitaxial interface between the insulating oxides LaAlO(3) and SrTiO(3). These properties, which include a quasi two-dimensional conducting electron gas, low temperature superconductivity, and magnetism, are not present in the bulk materials, generating a great deal of interest in the fundamental physics of their origins. While it is generally accepted that the novel behavior arises as a result of a combination of electronic and atomic reconstructions and growth-induced defects, the complex interplay between these effects remains unclear. In this report, we review the progress that has been made towards unraveling the complete picture of the SrTiO(3)/LaAlO(3) interface, focusing primarily on present ab initio theoretical work and its relation to the experimental data. In the process, we highlight some key unresolved issues and discuss how they might be addressed by future experimental and theoretical studies.
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- Hanghui Chen
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06570, USA.
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Xie Y, Bell C, Yajima T, Hikita Y, Hwang HY. Charge Writing at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 surface. NANO LETTERS 2010; 10:2588-2591. [PMID: 20518539 DOI: 10.1021/nl1012695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Biased conducting-tip atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been shown to write and erase nanoscale metallic lines at the LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3) interface. Using various AFM modes, we show the mechanism of conductivity switching is the writing of surface charge. These charges are stably deposited on a wide range of LaAlO(3) thicknesses, including bulk crystals. A strong asymmetry with writing polarity was found for 1 and 2 unit cells of LaAlO(3), providing experimental evidence for a theoretically predicted built-in potential.
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- Yanwu Xie
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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Seo SSA, Han MJ, Hassink GWJ, Choi WS, Moon SJ, Kim JS, Susaki T, Lee YS, Yu J, Bernhard C, Hwang HY, Rijnders G, Blank DHA, Keimer B, Noh TW. Two-dimensional confinement of 3d{1} electrons in LaTiO_{3}/LaAlO{3} multilayers. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:036401. [PMID: 20366664 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.036401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements of the anisotropy of the interband transitions parallel and perpendicular to the planes of (LaTiO3)n(LaAlO3)5 multilayers with n=1-3. These provide direct information about the electronic structure of the two-dimensional (2D) 3d{1} state of the Ti ions. In combination with local density approximation, including a Hubbard U calculation, we suggest that 2D confinement in the TiO2 slabs lifts the degeneracy of the t{2g} states leaving only the planar d{xy} orbitals occupied. We outline that these multilayers can serve as a model system for the study of the t{2g} 2D Hubbard model.
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- S S A Seo
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea.
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