Strain-Induced Atomic-Scale Building Blocks for Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial LaCoO3
Abstract
The origin of strain-induced ferromagnetism, which is robust regardless of the type and degree of strain in LaCoO3 (LCO) thin films, is enigmatic despite intensive research efforts over the past decade. Here, by combining scanning transmission electron microscopy with ab initio density functional theory plus U calculations, we report that the ferromagnetism does not emerge directly from the strain itself but rather from the creation of compressed structural units within ferroelastically formed twin-wall domains. The compressed structural units are magnetically active with the rocksalt-type high-spin/low-spin order. Our study highlights that the ferroelastic nature of ferromagnetic structural units is important for understanding the intriguing ferromagnetic properties in LCO thin films.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (Korea)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1798486
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1817600
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-221687-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984; TRN: US2210681
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Epitaxial thin film; Complex oxides; Ferromagnetism; Electron microscopy; Thin films; Layers; Lattices; Magnetic properties; Epitaxy
Citation Formats
Yoon, Sangmoon, Gao, Xiang, Ok, Jong Mok, Liao, Zhaoliang, Han, Myung-Geun, Zhu, Yimei, Ganesh, Panchapakesan, Chisholm, Matthew F., Choi, Woo Seok, and Lee, Ho Nyung. Strain-Induced Atomic-Scale Building Blocks for Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial LaCoO3. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00756.
Yoon, Sangmoon, Gao, Xiang, Ok, Jong Mok, Liao, Zhaoliang, Han, Myung-Geun, Zhu, Yimei, Ganesh, Panchapakesan, Chisholm, Matthew F., Choi, Woo Seok, & Lee, Ho Nyung. Strain-Induced Atomic-Scale Building Blocks for Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial LaCoO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00756
Yoon, Sangmoon, Gao, Xiang, Ok, Jong Mok, Liao, Zhaoliang, Han, Myung-Geun, Zhu, Yimei, Ganesh, Panchapakesan, Chisholm, Matthew F., Choi, Woo Seok, and Lee, Ho Nyung. Fri .
"Strain-Induced Atomic-Scale Building Blocks for Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial LaCoO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00756. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1798486.
@article{osti_1798486,
title = {Strain-Induced Atomic-Scale Building Blocks for Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial LaCoO3},
author = {Yoon, Sangmoon and Gao, Xiang and Ok, Jong Mok and Liao, Zhaoliang and Han, Myung-Geun and Zhu, Yimei and Ganesh, Panchapakesan and Chisholm, Matthew F. and Choi, Woo Seok and Lee, Ho Nyung},
abstractNote = {The origin of strain-induced ferromagnetism, which is robust regardless of the type and degree of strain in LaCoO3 (LCO) thin films, is enigmatic despite intensive research efforts over the past decade. Here, by combining scanning transmission electron microscopy with ab initio density functional theory plus U calculations, we report that the ferromagnetism does not emerge directly from the strain itself but rather from the creation of compressed structural units within ferroelastically formed twin-wall domains. The compressed structural units are magnetically active with the rocksalt-type high-spin/low-spin order. Our study highlights that the ferroelastic nature of ferromagnetic structural units is important for understanding the intriguing ferromagnetic properties in LCO thin films.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00756},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 21,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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