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Reversible Transition Between Thermodynamically Stable Phases with Low Density of Oxygen Vacancies on SrTiO$_3$(110) Surface

Materials Science 2015-05-27 v2

Abstract

The surface reconstruction of SrTiO3_3(110) is studied with scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The reversible phase transition between (4×\times1) and (5×\times1) is controlled by adjusting the surface metal concentration [Sr] or [Ti]. Resolving the atomic structures of the surface, DFT calculations verify that the phase stability changes upon the chemical potential of Sr or Ti. Particularly, the density of oxygen vacancies is low on the thermodynamically stabilized SrTiO3_3(110) surface.

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@article{arxiv.1103.1798,
  title  = {Reversible Transition Between Thermodynamically Stable Phases with Low Density of Oxygen Vacancies on SrTiO$_3$(110) Surface},
  author = {Fengmiao Li and Zhiming Wang and Sheng Meng and Yongbao Sun and Jinlong Yang and Qinlin Guo and Jiandong Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1798},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted by Physical Review Letters