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Two-dimensional magnetic interplay in the tensile-strained LaCoO3 thin films.

04 Mar 2021-Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (The Royal Society of Chemistry)-Vol. 23, Iss: 8, pp 4912-4918
Abstract: High-quality epitaxial LaCoO3 (LCO) thin films have been deposited on SrTiO3 (STO) substrates with pulsed laser deposition (PLD). We find that the LCO films undergo a typical ferromagnetic–paramagnetic (FM–PM) phase transition at ∼80 K. To understand the nature of magnetic phase transition, various methods, including the modified Arrott plot and critical isotherm analysis, were used to determine the critical exponents, which are β = 0.754(1) with a Curie temperature TC = 79.8(8) K and γ = 1.52(2) with TC = 79.9(2) K. The reliability of these critical exponents was confirmed using the Widom scaling relation and the scaling hypothesis. Further analysis revealed that the spin coupling within the LCO films exhibits two-dimensional (2D) long-range magnetic interaction and the magnetic exchange distance decays as J(r) ∼ r−(3.46). Our critical behavior analysis may shed new light on the further understanding of the origin of FM and the relatively fixed TC in LCO thin films.

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Hao Liu1, Hao Liu2, Jiyu Fan2, Jiyu Fan1  +11 moreInstitutions (5)
Abstract: The structure, surface topography and magnetic properties of LaCoO3 (LCO) thin films deposited epitaxially on the SrTiO3 substrates have been investigated in detail. The LCO thin films show a typical ferromagnetic-paramagnetic (FM-PM) phase transition at 78 K. Based on the measurements of isothermal magnetization around the Curie point, the magnetic entropy change (ΔSM) of LCO thin films under various applied magnetic fields were obtained. By utilizing scaling theory, all of the ΔSM curves can be re-scaled, confirming that the FM-PM phase transition is second-order magnetic phase transition. Moreover, the magnetic entropy change -ΔSM features a maximum around TC, whereas, power law fitting of - Δ S M max with H gives n = 0.9704, which is obviously deviating from the standard value n = 2/3 for the Landau mean field model. This indicates that the mean field theory cannot be used to explain the critical behavior of LCO thin films which implies that the critical behavior of LCO thin films may involve complex magnetic interactions. These interactions are correlated with a long-term puzzling finding in this system why its Curie point is always around 80 K regardless of the different fabrication methods and conditions used in the film growth.

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Jiyu Fan1, Jiyu Fan2, Can Huang2, Hao Liu2  +10 moreInstitutions (6)
10 May 2021-CrystEngComm
Abstract: The critical behavior of single phase Y2Fe17 melt-spun ribbons with the Th2Fe17-type crystal structure has been studied around the transition temperature (TC). This alloy undergoes a second-order ferromagnetic (FM)–paramagnetic (PM) phase transition at TC = 301 K. Various techniques, such as the modified Arrott plot, Kouvel–Fisher method, and critical isotherm analysis, were used to determine the critical exponents that were found to be β = 0.226(3), γ = 1.296(2), and δ = 6.804(5). The universality class of the critical phenomenon in the Y2Fe17 ribbons can be explained with the help of the renormalization group theory approach, in which the magnetic properties show a feature changing from three (3D)- to two-dimensional (2D) Ising model. The first-principles calculations based on density functional theory qualitatively explain the experimental results, confirming the strong correlation between lattice atoms and critical behavior in magnetic intermetallic Y2Fe17.

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Lin Wang1, Haifeng Liu1, Jiacheng Yang1, Jie Li1  +7 moreInstitutions (3)
Abstract: In this work, we successfully prepared epitaxial La1-xYxCoO3 (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15) films on (100) SrTiO3 by polymer assisted deposition. The synergistic effect of biaxially tensile strain and doping yttrium on the structural distortion and photoconductive process of the films has been investigated. Due to lattice mismatch, the epitaxial strain along c-axis as well as the strain-induced tetragonal distortion of La1-xYxCoO3 films increase with the content of doping yttrium. As-prepared films have higher degree of CoO6 octahedral distortion, i.e., Jahn-Teller-like tetragonal distortion, which result in lower crystal field splitting energy and narrower band gap energy, thereby elevating the charge transition. Additionally, increase of epitaxial strain leads to lower adsorption free energy in La1-xYxCoO3 films, and results in the increase of chemisorbed oxygen, which is beneficial to electron transport in the process of light response. The introduction of new oxygen vacancy defect sites by doping Y3+ ions and the proper amount of oxygen vacancy can effectively inhibit the recombination of the photo-induced electron-hole pairs, thus improving the activity for photoconductive response. The results reveal that the photoconductive properties of the as-prepared films are largely related to the synergistic effect of biaxially tensile-strained tetragonal distortion of CoO6 and doping yttrium.

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Hao Liu1, Hao Liu2, Jiyu Fan2, Jiyu Fan1  +10 moreInstitutions (5)
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Haifeng Liu1, Baogang Guo1, Lin Wang1, Ruishi Xie1  +5 moreInstitutions (1)
01 Nov 2021-Optical Materials
Abstract: Epitaxial strained LaCoO3 thin films with (001) orientation were prepared on various substrates, i.e., LaAlO3, SrTiO3 and LaSrAlO4, respectively, by polymer assisted deposition. Owing to lattice mismatch, different lattice strain and tetragonal distortion of the oxygen octahedra exist in the obtained LaCoO3 films. These films exhibit excellent visible-light photoconductive performance. It reveals that the tetragonal distortion of CoO6 octahedra results in a decrease of ΔCF as well as Eg, enhancing the photoconductive performance of LaCoO3 thin films. A relatively high degree of the tetragonal distortion corresponds to higher photocurrent of the films, and the tetragonal distortion as well as photoconductive properties can be “adjusted” by epitaxial strain introduced in the LaCoO3 thin films. The adjusting method by epitaxial strain developed in this study provides a viable way for developing high-performance perovskite photoconductive semiconductor and can be extended to other optoelectronic systems.

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Michael E. Fisher1Institutions (1)
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Yujun Deng1, Yujun Deng2, Yijun Yu2, Yijun Yu1  +20 moreInstitutions (4)
22 Oct 2018-Nature
Abstract: Materials research has driven the development of modern nano-electronic devices. In particular, research in magnetic thin films has revolutionized the development of spintronic devices1,2 because identifying new magnetic materials is key to better device performance and design. Van der Waals crystals retain their chemical stability and structural integrity down to the monolayer and, being atomically thin, are readily tuned by various kinds of gate modulation3,4. Recent experiments have demonstrated that it is possible to obtain two-dimensional ferromagnetic order in insulating Cr2Ge2Te6 (ref. 5) and CrI3 (ref. 6) at low temperatures. Here we develop a device fabrication technique and isolate monolayers from the layered metallic magnet Fe3GeTe2 to study magnetotransport. We find that the itinerant ferromagnetism persists in Fe3GeTe2 down to the monolayer with an out-of-plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy. The ferromagnetic transition temperature, Tc, is suppressed relative to the bulk Tc of 205 kelvin in pristine Fe3GeTe2 thin flakes. An ionic gate, however, raises Tc to room temperature, much higher than the bulk Tc. The gate-tunable room-temperature ferromagnetism in two-dimensional Fe3GeTe2 opens up opportunities for potential voltage-controlled magnetoelectronics7-11 based on atomically thin van der Waals crystals.

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