Built-in Electric Field Induced Mechanical Property Change at the Lanthanum Nickelate/Nb-doped Strontium Titanate Interfaces

Chien, TeYu; Liu, Jian; Yost, Andrew J.; Chakhalian, Jak; Freeland, John W.; Guisinger, Nathan P.

doi:10.1038/srep19017

Title: Built-in Electric Field Induced Mechanical Property Change at the Lanthanum Nickelate/Nb-doped Strontium Titanate Interfaces

Journal Article · 07 January 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19017 · OSTI ID:1258610

Chien, TeYu ^[1]; Liu, Jian ^[2]; Yost, Andrew J. ^[1]; Chakhalian, Jak ^[3]; Freeland, John W. ^[4]; Guisinger, Nathan P. ^[5]

Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (United States)
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials

The interactions between electric field and the mechanical properties of materials are important for the applications of microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems, but relatively unexplored for nanoscale materials. Here, we observe an apparent correlation between the change of the fractured topography of Nb-doped SrTiO₃ (Nb:STO) within the presence of a built-in electric field resulting from the Schottky contact at the interface of a metallic LaNiO₃ thin film utilizing cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The change of the inter-atomic bond length mechanism is argued to be the most plausible origin. This picture is supported by the strong-electric-field-dependent permittivity in STO and the existence of the dielectric dead layer at the interfaces of STO with metallic films. Finally, these results provided direct evidence and a possible mechanism for the interplay between the electric field and the mechanical properties on the nanoscale for perovskite materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004981; SC0004981

OSTI ID:: 1258610

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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