Growth-temperature dependence of conductivity at the LaCrO 3 /SrTiO 3 (001) interface
The effect of growth conditions and postgrowth treatment on the structural and electronic properties of the polar/nonpolar LaCrO3/SrTiO3 (LCO/STO) interface has been investigated. Under low oxygen partial pressure, oxygen vacancies are formed in the STO substrate resulting in metallicity with a measured sheet carrier concentration of 1016cm - 2. Annealing postgrowth in flowing oxygen causes the sheet carrier concentration to saturate to 1013cm - 2, which is consistent with the reported values of a two-dimensional gas at other polar/STO interfaces. However, growth under nonreducing growth conditions leads to insulating behavior. High-resolution synchrotron x-ray-based structural determination of the atomic-scale structures of both metallic and insulating LCO/STO interfaces shows chemical intermixing and an interfacial lattice expansion.
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- Applied Physics
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- 02 Physical Sciences