Nanomechanical Probes of Sketched LaAlO<sub>3</sub>/SrTiO<sub>3</sub> Single-Electron Transistors
ORAL
Abstract
Nanoscale devices that manipulate single electrons present an exciting platform for the observation of electronic and mechanical effects. By utilizing the locally tunable metal-insulator transition at the interface of LaAlO3/SrTiO3, we create single-electron transistors using conducting atomic force microscope (c-AFM) lithography. The piezoelectric nature of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 gives way to an expected coupling between mechanical motion and electric charge within the device. We test this effect by applying pressure to the device using an insulating AFM tip while measuring changes in electron density. I describe our efforts to perform nanomechanical imaging of conductive structures on LaAlO3/SrTiO3. I describe our method of performing imaging in a cryogenic AFM system, as many interesting properties of single-electron devices are observed at low temperatures.
*JL acknowledges support from the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship program sponsored by the Basic Research Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and funded by the Office of Naval Research through grant N00014-15-1-2847. The work at University of Wisconsin-Madison was su
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Presenters
Jessica Montone
University of Pittsburgh
Authors
Jessica Montone
University of Pittsburgh
Feng Bi
University of Pittsburgh
Mengchen Huang
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Jung-Woo Lee
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hyungwoo Lee
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Chang-Beom Eom
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matls Sci & Eng, University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
MS&E, University of Wisconsin
Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Patrick Irvin
Univ of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Univ of Pittsburgh
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Physics, University of Pittsburgh
Physics and Astronomy, Univ of Pittsburgh
Jeremy Levy
Univ of Pittsburgh
Physics, Univ of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Univ of Pittsburgh
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
