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Nano Research 2023, 16(5): 7829-7836 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5618-x
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Lateral strain tailoring in manganite homostructures assisted by atomic-flat freestanding membranes

Show Author's Information Yufei Wang1,  Yuchen Zhu2( ),  Shengru Chen3,4,  Dongke Rong3,4,  Qiao Jin3,4,  Er-Jia Guo3,4( )
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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manganites, strain engineering, transmission electron microscopy, oxide homostructure, freestanding membranes
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Wang Y, Zhu Y, Chen S, et al. Lateral strain tailoring in manganite homostructures assisted by atomic-flat freestanding membranes. Nano Research, 2023, 16(5): 7829-7836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5618-x
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Complex oxide thin films exhibit intriguing phenomena due to the coupling between multiple degrees of freedom through interfacial structural engineering. Atomic tailoring of structural parameters determines unique band structure and phonon modes, regulating emergent magnetic and electrical properties of oxide films. However, the construction of different strained and oriented domains in one intact oxide thin film is impossible using conventional means. Here we report the fabrication and quantitative structural analysis of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) homostructures assisted by atomic-flat freestanding membranes. Pristine substrates and suspended membranes regulate the epitaxial strain and orientation of subsequently grown films. Our results demonstrate an ultrathin transition layer (~ 4 atomic layers) between freestanding membranes and LSMO films is formed due to the strain relaxation. This work offers a simple and scalable methodology for fabricating unprecedented innovative functional oxide homostructures through artificially controlled synthesis routes.


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Lateral strain tailoring in manganite homostructures assisted by atomic-flat freestanding membranes

Show Author's information Yufei Wang1, Yuchen Zhu2( ), Shengru Chen3,4, Dongke Rong3,4, Qiao Jin3,4, Er-Jia Guo3,4( )
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Department of Physics & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Complex oxide thin films exhibit intriguing phenomena due to the coupling between multiple degrees of freedom through interfacial structural engineering. Atomic tailoring of structural parameters determines unique band structure and phonon modes, regulating emergent magnetic and electrical properties of oxide films. However, the construction of different strained and oriented domains in one intact oxide thin film is impossible using conventional means. Here we report the fabrication and quantitative structural analysis of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) homostructures assisted by atomic-flat freestanding membranes. Pristine substrates and suspended membranes regulate the epitaxial strain and orientation of subsequently grown films. Our results demonstrate an ultrathin transition layer (~ 4 atomic layers) between freestanding membranes and LSMO films is formed due to the strain relaxation. This work offers a simple and scalable methodology for fabricating unprecedented innovative functional oxide homostructures through artificially controlled synthesis routes.

Keywords: manganites, strain engineering, transmission electron microscopy, oxide homostructure, freestanding membranes

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Received: 19 January 2023
Revised: 15 February 2023
Accepted: 24 February 2023
Published: 19 April 2023
Issue date: May 2023

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2020YFA0309100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51971025, 12034002, 11974390, U22A20263, and 52250308), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2212034), the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Neutron Scattering Science and Technology (No. HT-CSNS-DG-CD-0080/2021), and the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB33030200).

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