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Title: Epitaxial growth of iridate pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 films

Abstract

Epitaxial films of the pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 have been grown on (111)-oriented yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) substrates by off-axis sputtering followed by post-growth annealing. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results demonstrate phase-pure epitaxial growth of the pyrochlore films on YSZ. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) investigation of an Nd2Ir2O7 film with a short post-annealing provides insight into the mechanism for crystallization of Nd2Ir2O7 during the post-annealing process. STEM images reveal clear pyrochlore ordering of Nd and Ir in the films. As a result, the epitaxial relationship between the YSZ and Nd2Ir2O7 is observed clearly while some interfacial regions show a thin region with polycrystalline Ir nanocrystals.

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  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1255255
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; solid-phase synthesis; surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Citation Formats

Gallagher, J. C., Esser, B. D., Morrow, R., Dunsiger, S. R., Williams, R. E. A., Woodward, P. M., McComb, D. W., and Yang, F. Y. Epitaxial growth of iridate pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 films. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/srep22282.
Gallagher, J. C., Esser, B. D., Morrow, R., Dunsiger, S. R., Williams, R. E. A., Woodward, P. M., McComb, D. W., & Yang, F. Y. Epitaxial growth of iridate pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22282
Gallagher, J. C., Esser, B. D., Morrow, R., Dunsiger, S. R., Williams, R. E. A., Woodward, P. M., McComb, D. W., and Yang, F. Y. Mon . "Epitaxial growth of iridate pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22282. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255255.
@article{osti_1255255,
title = {Epitaxial growth of iridate pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 films},
author = {Gallagher, J. C. and Esser, B. D. and Morrow, R. and Dunsiger, S. R. and Williams, R. E. A. and Woodward, P. M. and McComb, D. W. and Yang, F. Y.},
abstractNote = {Epitaxial films of the pyrochlore Nd2Ir2O7 have been grown on (111)-oriented yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) substrates by off-axis sputtering followed by post-growth annealing. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results demonstrate phase-pure epitaxial growth of the pyrochlore films on YSZ. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) investigation of an Nd2Ir2O7 film with a short post-annealing provides insight into the mechanism for crystallization of Nd2Ir2O7 during the post-annealing process. STEM images reveal clear pyrochlore ordering of Nd and Ir in the films. As a result, the epitaxial relationship between the YSZ and Nd2Ir2O7 is observed clearly while some interfacial regions show a thin region with polycrystalline Ir nanocrystals.},
doi = {10.1038/srep22282},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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