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Misfit relaxation in SrTiO3/SrRuO3 bilayer films on LaA1O3(100) substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

J.S. Wu ,
C.L. Jia ,
K. Urban ,
J.H. Hao  and
X.X. Xi
J.S. Wu
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
C.L. Jia
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
K. Urban
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
J.H. Hao
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Penn. State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
X.X. Xi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Penn. State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
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Abstract

Besides perfect dislocations, partial dislocations were proposed as effective means for misfit relaxation in the heretostructure system [1]. The microstructure of SrRuO3 films on SrTiO3 and LaA1O3 substrates have been studied. While misfit dislocations could be hardly found at the SrTiO3/SrRuO3 interface [2], high density of defects was observed in the SrRuO3/LaA1O3 interfaces [3]. in this paper, we report the high-resolution electron microscopy study of the SrTiO3/SrRuO3 bilayer films on (100) LaA1O3 substrates. The emphasis is focused on the means of misfit relaxation at the two interfaces.

Figure 1(a) is a low magnification cross-sectional image of a two-layer SrTiO3/SrRuO3 film on LaA1O3 taken along the [110] direction of the substrate. A high density of defects were observed along the SrRuO3/LaA1O3 interface. Figure 1(b) is a quarter of a superposed electron diffraction pattern (EDP) from the SrTiO3/SrRuO3 interface area, while fig. 1(c) is from the SrRuO3/LaA1O3 interface area.

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Thin Films & Coatings
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2001, Microscopy Society of America 59th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 35th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California August 5-9, 2001 , August 2001 , pp. 1222 - 1223
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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6.Wu, J.S. thanks the Alexander von Humboldt-foundation for a research grant.Google Scholar