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Title: Symmetry mismatch controlled ferroelastic domain ordering and the functional properties of manganite films on cubic miscut substrates

Abstract

We have studied the magnetotransport properties and strain release mechanisms in ferroelastic La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 (LSMO) epitaxial thin films on SrTiO3 (STO)(001) substrates with different miscut angles. The substrate miscut angle plays a critical role in releasing shear strain and has a huge impact on the properties of the films. The strain relaxes by monoclinic distortion for films on low miscut substrates and for higher miscut substrates, the strain relaxation causes the formation of periodic twin domains with larger periodicities. Furthermore, we observe that the Curie temperature (TC) decreases systematically, and magnetoresistance (MR) increases with increasing the miscut angle. Such changes in the magnetic and transport properties could be due to the increased density of phase boundaries (PBs) with the increase of miscut angle. This work provides a way to tailor film microstructures and subsequent functional properties of other complex oxide films on miscut substrates with symmetry mismatch.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)
  3. New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1840887
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1810604
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-21-29518
Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 31; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Paudel, Binod, Kang, Kyeong Tae, Sharma, Yogesh, Nakotte, Heinrich, Yarotski, Dmitry Anatolievitch, and Chen, Aiping. Symmetry mismatch controlled ferroelastic domain ordering and the functional properties of manganite films on cubic miscut substrates. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1039/d1cp01957k.
Paudel, Binod, Kang, Kyeong Tae, Sharma, Yogesh, Nakotte, Heinrich, Yarotski, Dmitry Anatolievitch, & Chen, Aiping. Symmetry mismatch controlled ferroelastic domain ordering and the functional properties of manganite films on cubic miscut substrates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp01957k
Paudel, Binod, Kang, Kyeong Tae, Sharma, Yogesh, Nakotte, Heinrich, Yarotski, Dmitry Anatolievitch, and Chen, Aiping. Tue . "Symmetry mismatch controlled ferroelastic domain ordering and the functional properties of manganite films on cubic miscut substrates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp01957k. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1840887.
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title = {Symmetry mismatch controlled ferroelastic domain ordering and the functional properties of manganite films on cubic miscut substrates},
author = {Paudel, Binod and Kang, Kyeong Tae and Sharma, Yogesh and Nakotte, Heinrich and Yarotski, Dmitry Anatolievitch and Chen, Aiping},
abstractNote = {We have studied the magnetotransport properties and strain release mechanisms in ferroelastic La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 (LSMO) epitaxial thin films on SrTiO3 (STO)(001) substrates with different miscut angles. The substrate miscut angle plays a critical role in releasing shear strain and has a huge impact on the properties of the films. The strain relaxes by monoclinic distortion for films on low miscut substrates and for higher miscut substrates, the strain relaxation causes the formation of periodic twin domains with larger periodicities. Furthermore, we observe that the Curie temperature (TC) decreases systematically, and magnetoresistance (MR) increases with increasing the miscut angle. Such changes in the magnetic and transport properties could be due to the increased density of phase boundaries (PBs) with the increase of miscut angle. This work provides a way to tailor film microstructures and subsequent functional properties of other complex oxide films on miscut substrates with symmetry mismatch.},
doi = {10.1039/d1cp01957k},
journal = {Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP},
number = 31,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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