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NPG ASIA MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/am.2017.113
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- European Research Council (ERC) [ERC-2009-AdG-247276-NOVOX]
- EPSRC [EP/K035282/1]
- Isaac Newton Trust [13.38(k)]
- European Union [312483-ESTEEM2]
- EPSRC [EP/K035282/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Double perovskites (DP, A(2)BB'O-6) exhibit a breadth of multifunctional properties with a huge potential range of applications, including magneto-optic and spintronic devices. However, spontaneous cation ordering is limited by the similar size and charge of B and B' cations. We introduce a route to stimulate B-site rock-salt ordering. By growing thin films on (111)-oriented substrates, 'in-plane' strain acts on the intrinsically tilted oxygen octahedra of the DP and produces two different B-site cages (in size and shape), stimulating spontaneous cation ordering. For the ferromagnetic insulator La2CoMnO6, clear Co/Mn ordering was achieved by growing on (111)-oriented substrates. The difference in B-site cages was further enhanced when grown under minor (111) in-plane compressive strain, resulting in long-range ordering with a saturation magnetization of 5.8 mu(B)/formula unit (f.u.), close to the theoretical 6 mu(B)/f.u., without antiferromagnetic behavior. Our approach enables the study of many new ordered DPs which have never been made before.
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