Growth Mode Transition in Complex Oxide Heteroepitaxy: Atomically Resolved Studies

Tselev, Alexander; Vasudevan, Rama K.; Gianfrancesco, Anthony G.; Qiao, Liang; Meyer, Tricia L.; Lee, Ho Nyung; Biegalski, Michael D.; Baddorf, Arthur P.; Kalinin, Sergei V.

doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01826

Title: Growth Mode Transition in Complex Oxide Heteroepitaxy: Atomically Resolved Studies

Journal Article · Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Crystal Growth and Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01826· OSTI ID:1263837

Tselev, Alexander ^[1]; Vasudevan, Rama K. ^[1]; Gianfrancesco, Anthony G. ^[2]; Qiao, Liang ^[1]; Meyer, Tricia L. ^[1]; Lee, Ho Nyung ^[1]; Biegalski, Michael D. ^[1]; Baddorf, Arthur P. ^[1]; Kalinin, Sergei V. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Bredesen Center

Here we performed investigations of the atomic-scale surface structure of epitaxial La_5/8Ca_3/8MnO₃ thin films as a model system dependent on growth conditions in pulsed laser deposition with emphasis on film growth kinetics. Postdeposition in situ scanning tunneling microscopy was combined with in operando reflective high-energy electron diffraction to monitor the film growth and ex situ X-ray diffraction for structural analysis. We find a correlation between the out-of-plane lattice parameter and both adspecies mobility and height of the Ehrlich–Schwoebel barrier, with mobility of adatoms greater over the cationically stoichiometric terminations. We find that the data suggest that the out-of-plane lattice parameter is dependent on the mechanism of epitaxial strain relaxation, which is controlled by the oxidative power of the deposition environment.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1263837

Journal Information:: Crystal Growth and Design, Vol. 16, Issue 5; ISSN 1528-7483

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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