The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry

Abstract In this paper, [(La0.9Sr0.1MnO3)n/(Pa0.9Ca0.1MnO3)n/(La0.9Sb0.1MnO3)n]m superlattices films have been deposited on (001) Nb:SrTiO3 substrates by a laser molecular-beam epitaxy technology. Expected ferroelectricity arise at well-defined tricolor superlattice at low temperature, composed of t...

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Autores principales: Huanyu Pei, Shujin Guo, Lixia Ren, Changle Chen, Bingcheng Luo, Xianglei Dong, Kexin Jin, Ren Ren, Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b2a512e5695a49c6bac4da865c5010862021-12-02T15:06:08ZThe Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry10.1038/s41598-017-06640-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b2a512e5695a49c6bac4da865c5010862017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06640-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract In this paper, [(La0.9Sr0.1MnO3)n/(Pa0.9Ca0.1MnO3)n/(La0.9Sb0.1MnO3)n]m superlattices films have been deposited on (001) Nb:SrTiO3 substrates by a laser molecular-beam epitaxy technology. Expected ferroelectricity arise at well-defined tricolor superlattice at low temperature, composed of transition metal manganite, which is absent in the single-phase compounds. Furthermore, the ferroelectric properties of the superlattices are enhanced by increasing the periodicity m, which may be attributed to the accumulation of the polarization induced by the frustration. As for the magnetic hysteresis loop characteristics of the multilayer structures, the saturation magnetization and magnetic coercivity of films present definitely a strong periodic dependence. It also indicates that the frustration may exist in the tricolor superlattice. Our results further verify the previous theoretical research of generating multiferroics experimentally paving a way for designing or developing the novel magnetoelectric devices based on manganite ferromagnets.Huanyu PeiShujin GuoLixia RenChangle ChenBingcheng LuoXianglei DongKexin JinRen RenHafiz Muhammad ZeeshanNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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Huanyu Pei
Shujin Guo
Lixia Ren
Changle Chen
Bingcheng Luo
Xianglei Dong
Kexin Jin
Ren Ren
Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan
The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry
description Abstract In this paper, [(La0.9Sr0.1MnO3)n/(Pa0.9Ca0.1MnO3)n/(La0.9Sb0.1MnO3)n]m superlattices films have been deposited on (001) Nb:SrTiO3 substrates by a laser molecular-beam epitaxy technology. Expected ferroelectricity arise at well-defined tricolor superlattice at low temperature, composed of transition metal manganite, which is absent in the single-phase compounds. Furthermore, the ferroelectric properties of the superlattices are enhanced by increasing the periodicity m, which may be attributed to the accumulation of the polarization induced by the frustration. As for the magnetic hysteresis loop characteristics of the multilayer structures, the saturation magnetization and magnetic coercivity of films present definitely a strong periodic dependence. It also indicates that the frustration may exist in the tricolor superlattice. Our results further verify the previous theoretical research of generating multiferroics experimentally paving a way for designing or developing the novel magnetoelectric devices based on manganite ferromagnets.
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author Huanyu Pei
Shujin Guo
Lixia Ren
Changle Chen
Bingcheng Luo
Xianglei Dong
Kexin Jin
Ren Ren
Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan
author_facet Huanyu Pei
Shujin Guo
Lixia Ren
Changle Chen
Bingcheng Luo
Xianglei Dong
Kexin Jin
Ren Ren
Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan
author_sort Huanyu Pei
title The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry
title_short The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry
title_full The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry
title_fullStr The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry
title_full_unstemmed The Frustration-induced Ferroelectricity of a Manganite Tricolor Superlattice with Artificially Broken Symmetry
title_sort frustration-induced ferroelectricity of a manganite tricolor superlattice with artificially broken symmetry
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/b2a512e5695a49c6bac4da865c501086
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