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Title: Epitaxial growth of highly-crystalline spinel ferrite thin films on perovskite substrates for all-oxide devices

Abstract

The potential growth modes for epitaxial growth of Fe3O4 on SrTiO3 (001) are investigated through control of the energetics of the pulsed-laser deposition growth process (via substrate temperature and laser fluence). We find that Fe3O4 grows epitaxially in three distinct growth modes: 2D-like, island and 3D-to-2D, the last of which is characterized by films that begin growth in an island growth mode before progressing to a 2D growth mode. Films grown in the 2D-like and 3D-to-2D growth modes are atomically flat and partially strained, while films grown in the island growth mode are terminated in islands and fully relaxed. We find that the optimal structural, transport and magnetic properties are obtained for films grown on the 2D-like/3D-to-2D growth regime boundary. The viability for including such thin films in perovskite-based all-oxide devices is demonstrated by growing a Fe3O4/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 spin valve epitaxially on SrTiO3.

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
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  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Materials Research Laboratory
  2. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Materials Research Laboratory; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  3. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Materials Research Laboratory
  4. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Materials Research Laboratory; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1624770
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Moyer, Jarrett A., Gao, Ran, Schiffer, Peter, and Martin, Lane W. Epitaxial growth of highly-crystalline spinel ferrite thin films on perovskite substrates for all-oxide devices. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/srep10363.
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Moyer, Jarrett A., Gao, Ran, Schiffer, Peter, & Martin, Lane W. Epitaxial growth of highly-crystalline spinel ferrite thin films on perovskite substrates for all-oxide devices. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10363
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Moyer, Jarrett A., Gao, Ran, Schiffer, Peter, and Martin, Lane W. Mon . "Epitaxial growth of highly-crystalline spinel ferrite thin films on perovskite substrates for all-oxide devices". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10363. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1624770.
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@article{osti_1624770,
title = {Epitaxial growth of highly-crystalline spinel ferrite thin films on perovskite substrates for all-oxide devices},
author = {Moyer, Jarrett A. and Gao, Ran and Schiffer, Peter and Martin, Lane W.},
abstractNote = {The potential growth modes for epitaxial growth of Fe3O4 on SrTiO3 (001) are investigated through control of the energetics of the pulsed-laser deposition growth process (via substrate temperature and laser fluence). We find that Fe3O4 grows epitaxially in three distinct growth modes: 2D-like, island and 3D-to-2D, the last of which is characterized by films that begin growth in an island growth mode before progressing to a 2D growth mode. Films grown in the 2D-like and 3D-to-2D growth modes are atomically flat and partially strained, while films grown in the island growth mode are terminated in islands and fully relaxed. We find that the optimal structural, transport and magnetic properties are obtained for films grown on the 2D-like/3D-to-2D growth regime boundary. The viability for including such thin films in perovskite-based all-oxide devices is demonstrated by growing a Fe3O4/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 spin valve epitaxially on SrTiO3.},
doi = {10.1038/srep10363},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: RHEED patterns taken along the [110] crystal axis during growth for Fe3O4 films grown in the 2D-like (2.3 J/cm2, 400 °C), 3D-to-2D (1.5 J/cm2, 500 °C), and island (1.5 J/cm2, 600 °C) growth modes on SrTiO3 (001) substrates. The thickness of the film for each RHEED pattern ismore » noted.« less
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