Surface octahedral distortions and atomic design of perovskite interfaces.

Petrov, A Yu; Torrelles, X; Verna, A; Xu, H; Cossaro, A; Pedio, M; Garcia-Barriocanal, J; Castro, G R et al. · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Atomic engineering of perovskite films and interfaces is significantly improved by in situ optimization of reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) features resulting from surface BO₆ octahedral rotations seen during molecular-beam epitaxy growth. This approach yields Sr-doped manganite films across the phase diagram with magnetotransport properties that are, for the first time, identical to bulk single crystals. Careful structural analysis of manganite/titanate interfaces shows that cation intermixing and unit cell dilations are eliminated, while BO₆ rotations and Jahn-Teller-type elongations are nearly completely suppressed at the interface.

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