Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained SrCoO3 Thin Films

Wang, Yujia; He, Qing; Ming, Wenmei; Du, Mao-Hua; Lu, Nianpeng; Cafolla, Clodomiro; Fujioka, Jun; Zhang, Qinghua; Zhang, Ding; Shen, Shengchun; Lyu, Yingjie; N’Diaye, Alpha T.; Arenholz, Elke; Gu, Lin; Nan, Cewen; Tokura, Yoshinori; Okamoto, Satoshi; Yu, Pu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021030

Title: Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained ${SrCoO}_{3}$ Thin Films

Journal Article · Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review. X

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021030· OSTI ID:1617707

Wang, Yujia; He, Qing; Ming, Wenmei; Du, Mao-Hua; Lu, Nianpeng;

; Fujioka, Jun; Zhang, Qinghua; Zhang, Ding; Shen, Shengchun; Lyu, Yingjie; N’Diaye, Alpha T.; Arenholz, Elke;

; Nan, Cewen; Tokura, Yoshinori;

;

Epitaxial strain provides important pathways to control the magnetic and electronic states in transition-metal oxides. However, the large strain is usually accompanied by a strong reduction of the oxygen-vacancy formation energy, which hinders the direct manipulation of their intrinsic properties. Here, using a postdeposition ozone annealing method, we obtain a series of oxygen stoichiometric SrCoO₃ thin films with the tensile strain up to 3.0%. We observe a robust ferromagnetic ground state in all strained thin films, while interestingly the tensile strain triggers a distinct metal-to-insulator transition along with the increase of the tensile strain. The persistent ferromagnetic state across the electrical transition therefore suggests that the magnetic state is directly correlated with the localized electrons, rather than the itinerant ones, which then calls for further investigation of the intrinsic mechanism of this magnetic compound beyond the double-exchange mechanism.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Basic Research Program of China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for FutureChip (ICFC); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; 51788104; 51872155; 2016YFA0301004; EP/N016718/1; 11974401

OSTI ID:: 1617707

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1617798; OSTI ID: 1775388

Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Vol. 10 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 2160-3308

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

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