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Self-organization of SrRuO3 nanowires on ordered oxide surface terminations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2011

Bouwe Kuiper ,
Jeroen L. Blok ,
Harold J.W. Zandvliet ,
Dave H.A. Blank ,
Guus Rijnders  and
Gertjan Koster
Bouwe Kuiper
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Jeroen L. Blok
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Harold J.W. Zandvliet
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Dave H.A. Blank
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Guus Rijnders
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Gertjan Koster*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
*
Address all correspondence to Gertjan Koster at g.koster@utwente.nl
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Abstract

A method of fabricating oriented single-crystalline SrRuO3 nanowire arrays using a bottom-up approach relying on diffusion-controlled self-organization is demonstrated. DyScO3 substrates exhibiting an ordered striped phase of DyO and ScO2 chemical termination are used as a template for pulsed laser deposition growth of SrRuO3. Here SrRuO3 preferentially nucleates on one type of termination. The resulting nanowires are single crystalline, conducting and isolated from each other, typically 100 nm wide and 5–10 nm high. This preferential growth is studied using a kinetic Monte Carlo model, which provides a guide to optimize growth conditions and tune the dimensions of the nanowires.

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MRS Communications , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , November 2011 , pp. 17 - 21
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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