Self-assembled line network in BiFeO3 thin films

B. Colson; V. Fuentes; Z. Konstantinovic; D. Colson; A. Forget; N. Lazarevic; M. Scepanovic; Z. V. Popovic; C. Frontera; Ll. Balcells; B. Martinez; A. Pomar

doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.166898

Self-assembled line network in BiFeO3 thin films

Materials Science 2020-04-22 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Applied Physics

Authors: B. Colson , V. Fuentes , Z. Konstantinovic , D. Colson , A. Forget , N. Lazarevic , M. Scepanovic , Z. V. Popovic , C. Frontera , Ll. Balcells , B. Martinez , A. Pomar

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Abstract

In this work we report on the controlled fabrication of a self-assembled line network in highly epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films on top of LaAlO3 in the kinetically limited grown region by RF sputtering. As previously shown in the case of manganite thin films, the remarkable degree of ordering is achieved using vicinal substrates with well-defined step-terrace morphology. Nanostructured BiFeO3 thin films show mixed-phase morphology. Besides typical formation following (100) and (010) axes, some mixed phase nanodomains are detected also in-between the regular line network. These particular microstructures open a playground for future applications in multiferroic nanomaterials.

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epitaxial thin films thin films thin film physics

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@article{arxiv.2004.09867,
  title  = {Self-assembled line network in BiFeO3 thin films},
  author = {B. Colson and V. Fuentes and Z. Konstantinovic and D. Colson and A. Forget and N. Lazarevic and M. Scepanovic and Z. V. Popovic and C. Frontera and Ll. Balcells and B. Martinez and A. Pomar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.09867},
  year   = {2020}
}

Self-assembled line network in BiFeO3 thin films

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