Two-dimensional limit of crystalline order in perovskite membrane films

Hong, Seung Sae; Yu, Jung Ho; Lu, Di; Marshall, Ann F.; Hikita, Yasuyuki; Cui, Yi; Hwang, Harold Y.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao5173

Two-dimensional limit of crystalline order in perovskite membrane films

Journal Article · Fri Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao5173· OSTI ID:1419318

^[1]; Yu, Jung Ho ^[2]; Lu, Di ^[2]; Marshall, Ann F. ^[3]; Hikita, Yasuyuki ^[4]; ^[1]; ^[1]

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Stanford Nano Shared Facilities, Stanford, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Long-range order and phase transitions in two-dimensional (2D) systems—such as magnetism, superconductivity, and crystallinity—have been important research topics for decades. The issue of 2D crystalline order has reemerged recently, with the development of exfoliated atomic crystals. Understanding the dimensional limit of crystalline phases, with different types of bonding and synthetic techniques, is at the foundation of low-dimensional materials design. We study ultrathin membranes of SrTiO₃, an archetypal perovskite oxide with isotropic (3D) bonding. Atomically controlled membranes are released after synthesis by dissolving an underlying epitaxial layer. Although all unreleased films are initially single-crystalline, the SrTiO₃ membrane lattice collapses below a critical thickness (5 unit cells). This crossover from algebraic to exponential decay of the crystalline coherence length is analogous to the 2D topological Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. Finally, the transition is likely driven by chemical bond breaking at the 2D layer-3D bulk interface, defining an effective dimensional phase boundary for coherent crystalline lattices.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1419318

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 3; ISSN 2375-2548

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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