Tuning the dead-layer behavior of La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} via interfacial engineering
Abstract
The dead-layer behavior, deterioration of the bulk properties in near-interface layers, restricts the applications of many oxide heterostructures. We present the systematic study of the dead-layer in La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} grown by ozone-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Dead-layer behavior is systematically tuned by varying the interfacial doping, while unchanged with varied doping at any other atomic layers. In situ photoemission and low energy electron diffraction measurements suggest intrinsic oxygen vacancies at the surface of ultra-thin La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}, which are more concentrated in thinner films. Our results show correlation between interfacial doping, oxygen vacancies, and the dead-layer, which can be explained by a simplified electrostatic model.
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- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22293098
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LAYERS; MANGANESE OXIDES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OXYGEN; OZONE; PHOTOEMISSION; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THIN FILMS; VACANCIES
Citation Formats
Peng, R., Xu, H. C., Xia, M., Zhao, J. F., Xie, X., Xu, D. F., Xie, B. P., E-mail: bpxie@fudan.edu.cn, and Feng, D. L., E-mail: dlfeng@fudan.edu.cn. Tuning the dead-layer behavior of La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} via interfacial engineering. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4866461.
Peng, R., Xu, H. C., Xia, M., Zhao, J. F., Xie, X., Xu, D. F., Xie, B. P., E-mail: bpxie@fudan.edu.cn, & Feng, D. L., E-mail: dlfeng@fudan.edu.cn. Tuning the dead-layer behavior of La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} via interfacial engineering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866461
Peng, R., Xu, H. C., Xia, M., Zhao, J. F., Xie, X., Xu, D. F., Xie, B. P., E-mail: bpxie@fudan.edu.cn, and Feng, D. L., E-mail: dlfeng@fudan.edu.cn. 2014.
"Tuning the dead-layer behavior of La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} via interfacial engineering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866461.
@article{osti_22293098,
title = {Tuning the dead-layer behavior of La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} via interfacial engineering},
author = {Peng, R. and Xu, H. C. and Xia, M. and Zhao, J. F. and Xie, X. and Xu, D. F. and Xie, B. P., E-mail: bpxie@fudan.edu.cn and Feng, D. L., E-mail: dlfeng@fudan.edu.cn},
abstractNote = {The dead-layer behavior, deterioration of the bulk properties in near-interface layers, restricts the applications of many oxide heterostructures. We present the systematic study of the dead-layer in La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} grown by ozone-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Dead-layer behavior is systematically tuned by varying the interfacial doping, while unchanged with varied doping at any other atomic layers. In situ photoemission and low energy electron diffraction measurements suggest intrinsic oxygen vacancies at the surface of ultra-thin La{sub 0.67}Sr{sub 0.33}MnO{sub 3}, which are more concentrated in thinner films. Our results show correlation between interfacial doping, oxygen vacancies, and the dead-layer, which can be explained by a simplified electrostatic model.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4866461},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22293098},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 8,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}