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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 32, 期 22, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202108475
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lattice anisotropy; magnetic anisotropy; oxygen octahedral rotation; quantum structures; scanning transmission electron microscopy; SrRuO; (3)
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资金
- European Union [823717 - ESTEEM3]
- Max Planck Society
- Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy (StEM) at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
- 15th Thousand Youth Talents Program of China
- German Science Foundation [DFG YI 165/1-1]
- NSFC [11902150]
- Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures [MCMS-I-0419G01]
- Projekt DEAL
This article investigates the magnetic properties and RuO6 octahedral distortion in SrRuO3 nanodots with a size of 30 nm. The existence of oxygen ions and other elements in the nanodots is directly observed through electron microscopy and spectroscopy. It is found that the magnetic anisotropy and octahedral distortion are both size-dependent but remain constant in the first 3-unit-cell interfacial monolayers regardless of the nanodots' size. First principle calculations reveal a unique structural mechanism behind the size-dependent magnetic anisotropy.
Artificial perovskite oxide nanostructures possess intriguing magnetic properties due to their tailorable electron-electron interactions, which are extremely sensitive to the oxygen coordination environment. To date, perovskite oxide nanodots with sizes below 50 nm have rarely been reported. Furthermore, the oxygen octahedral distortion and its relation to magnetic properties in perovskite oxide nanodots remain unexplored thus far. Here, the magnetic anisotropy in patterned SrRuO3 (SRO) nanodots as small as 30 nm are studied. The constituent elements, in particular oxygen ions, are directly visualized via performing atomic resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy. It is observed that the magnetic anisotropy and RuO6 octahedra distortion in SRO nanodots are both nanodot size-dependent but remain unchanged in the first 3-unit-cell interfacial SRO monolayers regardless of the dots' size. Combined with first principle calculations, a unique structural mechanism behind the nanodots' size-dependent magnetic anisotropy in SRO nanodots is unraveled, suggesting that the competition between lattice anisotropy and oxygen octahedral rotation mediates anisotropic exchange interactions in SRO nanodots. These findings demonstrate a new avenue toward tuning magnetic properties of correlated perovskite oxides and imply that patterned nanodots could be a promising playground for engineering emergent functional behaviors.
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