Surface reconstructions and modified surface states in
Abstract
Here, the unique functionalities present at surfaces and interfaces of complex oxides have attracted intense research in the past decade. Yet, the fundamental mechanisms underpinning functionality are often elusive, especially in doped manganites, limiting their implementation in functional electronic devices such as memristors and spin valves. Here, we present a local probe-based study on mixed-terminated La5/8Ca3/8MnO3 (LCMO) films, and reveal surface metallicity in a thin film grown by pulsed-laser deposition. Using first-principles density-functional theory calculations with Hubbard correction that are more accurate to capture effects of correlation in these systems, we show that for Ca-segregated (001) LCMO surfaces the (La,Ca)O-site terminated surfaces are half metallic due to delocalized Mn-d states populating the Fermi level, whereas the MnO2-site terminated surfaces exhibit a half-metallic or insulating character depending on the type of surface reconstruction. Computations not only explain the current measurements, but also explain other recent surface measurements on LCMO thin films, leading to a coherent picture of how the crucial link between surface segregation and Jahn-Teller couplings in the manganese oxides tune the surface electronic/magnetic structure, thereby pointing to the fine control of transport and magnetism at the conductive oxide surface independent of the bulk.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Malta, NY (United States)
- Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); The Univ. of Manchester, Manchester (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1489604
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1480158
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Vasudevan, Rama K., Dixit, Hemant M., Tselev, Alexander, Qiao, Liang, Meyer, Tricia L., Cooper, Valentino R., Baddorf, Arthur P., Lee, Ho Nyung, Ganesh, Panchapakesan, and Kalinin, Sergei V.. Surface reconstructions and modified surface states in La1–xCaxMnO3. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.104418.
Vasudevan, Rama K., Dixit, Hemant M., Tselev, Alexander, Qiao, Liang, Meyer, Tricia L., Cooper, Valentino R., Baddorf, Arthur P., Lee, Ho Nyung, Ganesh, Panchapakesan, & Kalinin, Sergei V.. Surface reconstructions and modified surface states in La1–xCaxMnO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.104418
Vasudevan, Rama K., Dixit, Hemant M., Tselev, Alexander, Qiao, Liang, Meyer, Tricia L., Cooper, Valentino R., Baddorf, Arthur P., Lee, Ho Nyung, Ganesh, Panchapakesan, and Kalinin, Sergei V.. Wed .
"Surface reconstructions and modified surface states in La1–xCaxMnO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.104418. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1489604.
@article{osti_1489604,
title = {Surface reconstructions and modified surface states in La1–xCaxMnO3},
author = {Vasudevan, Rama K. and Dixit, Hemant M. and Tselev, Alexander and Qiao, Liang and Meyer, Tricia L. and Cooper, Valentino R. and Baddorf, Arthur P. and Lee, Ho Nyung and Ganesh, Panchapakesan and Kalinin, Sergei V.},
abstractNote = {Here, the unique functionalities present at surfaces and interfaces of complex oxides have attracted intense research in the past decade. Yet, the fundamental mechanisms underpinning functionality are often elusive, especially in doped manganites, limiting their implementation in functional electronic devices such as memristors and spin valves. Here, we present a local probe-based study on mixed-terminated La5/8Ca3/8MnO3 (LCMO) films, and reveal surface metallicity in a thin film grown by pulsed-laser deposition. Using first-principles density-functional theory calculations with Hubbard correction that are more accurate to capture effects of correlation in these systems, we show that for Ca-segregated (001) LCMO surfaces the (La,Ca)O-site terminated surfaces are half metallic due to delocalized Mn-d states populating the Fermi level, whereas the MnO2-site terminated surfaces exhibit a half-metallic or insulating character depending on the type of surface reconstruction. Computations not only explain the current measurements, but also explain other recent surface measurements on LCMO thin films, leading to a coherent picture of how the crucial link between surface segregation and Jahn-Teller couplings in the manganese oxides tune the surface electronic/magnetic structure, thereby pointing to the fine control of transport and magnetism at the conductive oxide surface independent of the bulk.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.104418},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 10,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {10}
}
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