論文

査読有り
2016年4月1日

Tuning magnetic anisotropy by interfacially engineering the oxygen coordination environment in a transition metal oxide

Nature Materials
  • Daisuke Kan
  • ,
  • Ryotaro Aso
  • ,
  • Riko Sato
  • ,
  • Mitsutaka Haruta
  • ,
  • Hiroki Kurata
  • ,
  • Yuichi Shimakawa

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開始ページ
432
終了ページ
437
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/nmat4580
出版者・発行元
Nature Publishing Group

Strong correlations between electrons, spins and lattices - stemming from strong hybridization between transition metal d and oxygen p orbitals - are responsible for the functional properties of transition metal oxides. Artificial oxide heterostructures with chemically abrupt interfaces provide a platform for engineering bonding geometries that lead to emergent phenomena. Here we demonstrate the control of the oxygen coordination environment of the perovskite, SrRuO3, by heterostructuring it with Ca0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (0-4 monolayers thick) grown on a GdScO3 substrate. We found that a Ru-O-Ti bond angle of the SrRuO3/Ca0.5Sr0.5TiO3 interface can be engineered by layer-by-layer control of the Ca0.5Sr0.5TiO3 layer thickness, and that the engineered Ru-O-Ti bond angle not only stabilizes a Ru-O-Ru bond angle never seen in bulk SrRuO3, but also tunes the magnetic anisotropy in the entire SrRuO3 layer. The results demonstrate that interface engineering of the oxygen coordination environment allows one to control additional degrees of freedom in functional oxide heterostructures.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4580
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/nmat4580
  • ISSN : 1476-4660
  • ISSN : 1476-1122
  • SCOPUS ID : 84960192683

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