Synthesis of single-crystal La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 freestanding films with different crystal-orientation

Zengxing Lu; Jingwu Liu; Jiatai Feng; Xuan Zheng; Li-hong Yang; Chen Ge; Kui-juan Jin; Zhiming Wang; Run-Wei Li

doi:10.1063/1.5145029

APL Materials (May 2020)

Synthesis of single-crystal La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 freestanding films with different crystal-orientation

Zengxing Lu,
Jingwu Liu,
Jiatai Feng,
Xuan Zheng,
Li-hong Yang,
Chen Ge,
Kui-juan Jin,
Zhiming Wang,
Run-Wei Li

Affiliations

Zengxing Lu: CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Jingwu Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Jiatai Feng: CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Xuan Zheng: CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Li-hong Yang: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Chen Ge: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Kui-juan Jin: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Zhiming Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Run-Wei Li: CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5145029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 5
pp. 051105 – 051105-6

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We report the synthesis of single-crystal La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) freestanding films with different crystal orientations. By using pulsed laser deposition, water soluble perovskite-like sacrificial layers Sr3Al2O6 (SAO) followed by LSMO films are grown on differently oriented SrTiO3 substrates. Freestanding LSMO films with different orientations are obtained by etching the SAO in pure water. All the freestanding films show room-temperature ferromagnetism and metallicity, independent of the crystal orientation. Intriguingly, the Curie temperature (TC) of the freestanding films is increased due to strain relaxation after releasing from the substrates. Our results provide an additional degree of freedom to tailor the properties of freestanding perovskite oxide heterostructures by crystal orientation and an opportunity to further integrate different oriented films together.

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