Structural “ δ Doping” to Control Local Magnetization in Isovalent Oxide Heterostructures

Moon, E. J.; He, Q.; Ghosh, S.; Kirby, B. J.; Pantelides, S. T.; Borisevich, A. Y.; May, S. J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.197204

Title: Structural “ $δ$ Doping” to Control Local Magnetization in Isovalent Oxide Heterostructures

Journal Article · 08 November 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.197204 · OSTI ID:1422576

Moon, E. J. ^[1]; He, Q. ^[2]; Ghosh, S. ^[3]; Kirby, B. J. ^[4]; Pantelides, S. T. ^[5]; Borisevich, A. Y. ^[2]; May, S. J. ^[1]

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; SRM University, Kattankulathur (India). SRM Research Institute and Department of Physics and Nanotechnology
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Modulation and δ-doping strategies, in which atomically thin layers of charged dopants are precisely deposited within a heterostructure, have played enabling roles in the discovery of new physical behavior in electronic materials. Here in this paper, we demonstrate a purely structural “δ-doping” strategy in complex oxide heterostructures, in which atomically thin manganite layers are inserted into an isovalent manganite host, thereby modifying the local rotations of corner-connected MnO₆ octahedra. Combining scanning transmission electron microscopy, polarized neutron reflectometry, and density functional theory, we reveal how local magnetic exchange interactions are enhanced within the spatially confined regions of suppressed octahedral rotations. Finally, the combined experimental and theoretical results illustrate the potential to utilize noncharge-based approaches to “doping” in order to enhance or suppress functional properties within spatially confined regions of oxide heterostructures.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; FG02-09ER46554; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1422576

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1408059; OSTI ID: 1597856

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 19; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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