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Autores principales: Liu, Yu, Dale, Thea Marie, van der Minne, Emma, Boucher, Susanne, Avila, Romar, Klewe, Christoph, Koster, Gertjan, Nord, Magnus, Einarsrud, Mari-Ann, Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10482
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author Liu, Yu
Dale, Thea Marie
van der Minne, Emma
Boucher, Susanne
Avila, Romar
Klewe, Christoph
Koster, Gertjan
Nord, Magnus
Einarsrud, Mari-Ann
Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
author_facet Liu, Yu
Dale, Thea Marie
van der Minne, Emma
Boucher, Susanne
Avila, Romar
Klewe, Christoph
Koster, Gertjan
Nord, Magnus
Einarsrud, Mari-Ann
Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
contents Anisotropic strain engineering in epitaxial oxide films provides new opportunities to control the antiferromagnetic and structural properties crucial for advancements of antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here we report on a (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/LaFeO3)4 superlattice grown on (101)o DyScO3 substrate which imposes significant anisotropic in-plane strain. Reciprocal space mapping reveals selective strain relaxation along the tensile in-plane [010]o axis, while compression along the perpendicular in-plane [-101]o axis remains strained. Scanning precession electron diffraction and higher-order Laue zone analysis show that the relaxation is accommodated by structural domain formation in the LaFeO3 layers, initiating from the second bilayer and propagating out-of-plane. These domains minimise structural defects and correlate with the substrate step edges. X-ray magnetic dichroism measurements reveal bulk-like in-plane antiferromagnetic order with polydomain signature as previously reported. Our findings reveal the presence of structural domains coexisting with antiferromagnetic polydomain states, showing a strain-domain-magnetism relationship that provides insights for applications of strain engineering in spintronics applications.
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spellingShingle Anisotropic Strain Engineering in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/LaFeO3 Superlattice: Structural Relaxation and Domain Formation
Liu, Yu
Dale, Thea Marie
van der Minne, Emma
Boucher, Susanne
Avila, Romar
Klewe, Christoph
Koster, Gertjan
Nord, Magnus
Einarsrud, Mari-Ann
Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
Materials Science
Anisotropic strain engineering in epitaxial oxide films provides new opportunities to control the antiferromagnetic and structural properties crucial for advancements of antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here we report on a (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/LaFeO3)4 superlattice grown on (101)o DyScO3 substrate which imposes significant anisotropic in-plane strain. Reciprocal space mapping reveals selective strain relaxation along the tensile in-plane [010]o axis, while compression along the perpendicular in-plane [-101]o axis remains strained. Scanning precession electron diffraction and higher-order Laue zone analysis show that the relaxation is accommodated by structural domain formation in the LaFeO3 layers, initiating from the second bilayer and propagating out-of-plane. These domains minimise structural defects and correlate with the substrate step edges. X-ray magnetic dichroism measurements reveal bulk-like in-plane antiferromagnetic order with polydomain signature as previously reported. Our findings reveal the presence of structural domains coexisting with antiferromagnetic polydomain states, showing a strain-domain-magnetism relationship that provides insights for applications of strain engineering in spintronics applications.
title Anisotropic Strain Engineering in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/LaFeO3 Superlattice: Structural Relaxation and Domain Formation
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10482