Checkerboard pattern formation in spinel oxide films

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Abstract

A few-nanometer-size columnar superlattice with a checkerboard (CB) structure has been fabricated by harnessing Jahn-Teller structural distortions$^{1,2}$. In this talk, we will discuss the growth mechanism of the CB structures in thin films, obtained from the results of our transmission electron microscopy. Ionic diffusion for the phase separation occurs along the direction parallel to the twin boundaries in the high-temperature tetragonal phase. This anisotropic phase separation suggests the importance of the strain associated with the twin structure in the high-temperature tetragonal phase. 1. S. Yeo \textit{et al.}, Appl. Phys. Lett. \textbf{89}, 233120 (2006). 2. C. L. Zhang \textit{et al}., Appl. Phys. Lett. \textbf{90}, 133123 (2007).

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Authors

  • Toshihiro Asada

    • NISSAN ARC, LTD., Rutgers Univ.

  • Y. Horibe

    • Rutgers Univ.
    • Rutgers University

  • S. Park

    • Rutgers Univ.
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

  • Nara Lee

    • Rutgers Univ.

  • Makoto Tanimura

    • NISSAN ARC, LTD.

  • S.-W. Cheong

    • Rutgers University
    • RCEM and Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
    • Rutgers University (Deparment of Physics)
    • Rutgers Univ.
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics \& Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics \& Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854