Strain Engineering of van Hove Singularity and Coupled Itinerant Ferromagnetism in Quasi-2D Oxide Superlattices
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| author | Jeong, Seung Gyo Kim, Minjae Oh, Jin Young Ham, Youngeun Choi, In Hyeok Cho, Seong Won Kim, Jihyun Jeong, Huimin Sohn, Byungmin Park, Tuson Lee, Suyoun Lee, Jong Seok Cho, Deok-Yong Kim, Bongjae Choi, Woo Seok |
| author_facet | Jeong, Seung Gyo Kim, Minjae Oh, Jin Young Ham, Youngeun Choi, In Hyeok Cho, Seong Won Kim, Jihyun Jeong, Huimin Sohn, Byungmin Park, Tuson Lee, Suyoun Lee, Jong Seok Cho, Deok-Yong Kim, Bongjae Choi, Woo Seok |
| contents | Engineering van Hove singularities (vHss) near the Fermi level, if feasible, offers a powerful route to control exotic quantum phases in electronic and magnetic behaviors. However, conventional approaches, which rely primarily on chemical and electrical doping, focus mainly on local electrical or optical measurements, limiting their applicability to coupled functionalities. In this study, a vHs-induced insulator-metal transition coupled with a ferromagnetic phase transition was empirically achieved in atomically designed quasi-2D SrRuO3 (SRO) superlattices via epitaxial strain engineering, which has not been observed in conventional 3D SRO systems. Theoretical calculations revealed that epitaxial strain effectively modulates the strength and energy positions of vHs of specific Ru orbitals, driving correlated phase transitions in the electronic and magnetic ground states. X-ray absorption spectroscopy confirmed the anisotropic electronic structure of quasi-2D SRO modulated by epitaxial strain. Magneto-optic Kerr effect and electrical transport measurements demonstrated modulated magnetic and electronic phases. Furthermore, magneto-electrical measurements detected significant anomalous Hall effect signals and ferromagnetic magnetoresistance, indicating the presence of magnetically coupled charge carriers in the 2D metallic regime. This study establishes strain engineering as a promising platform for tuning vHss and resultant itinerant ferromagnetism of low-dimensional correlated quantum systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Strain Engineering of van Hove Singularity and Coupled Itinerant Ferromagnetism in Quasi-2D Oxide Superlattices Jeong, Seung Gyo Kim, Minjae Oh, Jin Young Ham, Youngeun Choi, In Hyeok Cho, Seong Won Kim, Jihyun Jeong, Huimin Sohn, Byungmin Park, Tuson Lee, Suyoun Lee, Jong Seok Cho, Deok-Yong Kim, Bongjae Choi, Woo Seok Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons Engineering van Hove singularities (vHss) near the Fermi level, if feasible, offers a powerful route to control exotic quantum phases in electronic and magnetic behaviors. However, conventional approaches, which rely primarily on chemical and electrical doping, focus mainly on local electrical or optical measurements, limiting their applicability to coupled functionalities. In this study, a vHs-induced insulator-metal transition coupled with a ferromagnetic phase transition was empirically achieved in atomically designed quasi-2D SrRuO3 (SRO) superlattices via epitaxial strain engineering, which has not been observed in conventional 3D SRO systems. Theoretical calculations revealed that epitaxial strain effectively modulates the strength and energy positions of vHs of specific Ru orbitals, driving correlated phase transitions in the electronic and magnetic ground states. X-ray absorption spectroscopy confirmed the anisotropic electronic structure of quasi-2D SRO modulated by epitaxial strain. Magneto-optic Kerr effect and electrical transport measurements demonstrated modulated magnetic and electronic phases. Furthermore, magneto-electrical measurements detected significant anomalous Hall effect signals and ferromagnetic magnetoresistance, indicating the presence of magnetically coupled charge carriers in the 2D metallic regime. This study establishes strain engineering as a promising platform for tuning vHss and resultant itinerant ferromagnetism of low-dimensional correlated quantum systems. |
| title | Strain Engineering of van Hove Singularity and Coupled Itinerant Ferromagnetism in Quasi-2D Oxide Superlattices |
| topic | Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24465 |