The frustration-induced ferroelectricity of a manganite tricolor superlattice with artificially broken symmetry

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2017-12-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Pei, Huanyu
Guo, Shujin
Ren, Lixia
Chen, Changle
Luo, Bingcheng
Dong, Xianglei
Jin, Kexin
Ren, Ren  
Zeeshan, Hafiz  
TORE-URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11420/45938
Journal
Scientific reports  
Volume
7
Issue
1
Article Number
6201
Citation
Scientific Reports 7 (1): 6201 (2017)
Publisher DOI
10.1038/s41598-017-06640-y
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85025823230
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.
DDC Class
540: Chemistry
620: Engineering