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Atomic-Scale Control of Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Insulating State in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices by Long-Range Tuning of BO(6)Octahedra

Li, W; Zhu, B; Zhu, R; Wang, Q; Lu, P; Sun, Y; Cafolla, C; ... MacManus-Driscoll, JL; + view all (2020) Atomic-Scale Control of Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Insulating State in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices by Long-Range Tuning of BO(6)Octahedra. Advanced Functional Materials , 30 (40) , Article 2001984. 10.1002/adfm.202001984. Green open access

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Abstract

Control of BO6 octahedral rotations at the heterointerfaces of dissimilar ABO3 perovskites has emerged as a powerful route for engineering novel physical properties. However, its impact length scale is constrained at 2–6 unit cells close to the interface and the octahedral rotations relax quickly into bulk tilt angles away from interface. Here, a long‐range (up to 12 unit cells) suppression of MnO6 octahedral rotations in La0.9Ba0.1MnO3 through the formation of superlattices with SrTiO3 can be achieved. The suppressed MnO6 octahedral rotations strongly modify the magnetic and electronic properties of La0.9Ba0.1MnO3 and hence create a new ferromagnetic insulating state with enhanced Curie temperature of 235 K. The emergent properties in La0.9Ba0.1MnO3 arise from a preferential occupation of the out‐of‐plane Mn d3z2−r2 orbital and a reduced Mn eg bandwidth, induced by the suppressed octahedral rotations. The realization of long‐range tuning of BO6 octahedra via superlattices can be applicable to other strongly correlated perovskites for exploring new emergent quantum phenomena.

Type: Article
Title: Atomic-Scale Control of Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Insulating State in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices by Long-Range Tuning of BO(6)Octahedra
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202001984
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202001984
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Technology, Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Chemistry, Physical, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Chemistry, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Materials Science, Physics, ABO(3)perovskite oxides, BO(6)octahedra, ferromagnetic insulators, interfaces, manganite thin films, THIN-FILMS, INTERFACE, STEM, HETEROSTRUCTURES, RECONSTRUCTION, ANISOTROPY, PHYSICS, SAMPLES
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124731
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