Flux-Mediated Doping of Bi into (La,Sr)MnO3 Films Grown on NdGdO3 (110) Substrates
Flux-Mediated Doping of Bi into (La,Sr)MnO3 Films Grown on NdGdO3 (110) Substrates
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DOI:
10.1021/acsaelm.0c00718
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发表时间:
2020-11-24
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Matsumoto,Yuji
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作者:
Mizufune,Koji;Naganuma,Hiroshi;Matsumoto,Yuji
Bi-doped (La,Sr)MnO3[(Bi0.18La0.56Sr0.30) Mn0.96O3: BLSMO,tBLSMO= 63 nm] epitaxial films were grown on NaGdO3(NGO) substrates by a flux-mediated doping approach. That is, the growth of a (La,Sr)MnO3(LSMO) film under the coexistence of a Bi-based liquid flux leads to successful Bi doping into the LSMO film, though Bi is a highly volatile element. The composition analysis revealed that Sr preferentially existed in the film over the flux and that Sr has a larger distribution equilibrium coefficient (K) than those of Mn and La, which is one of the evidence that Bi has substituted for the La site. The obtained BLSMO films had a tetragonal distorted structure owing to a compressive strain from the NGO substrate, and the tetragonality and the crystallinity were enhanced by increasing the amount of Bi. The tetragonal distortion of the BLSMO films induced a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Both the Bi substitution at the La site and the ratio of Mn2+/Mn3+increased from the film body to the surface, a magnetic moment was decreased to 0.6 μB/Mn. Although the magnetic moment was low, the Curie temperature of the BLSMO film was above room temperature (RT), and the magnetic entropy change |ΔSM| of 2.4 mJ/(cm3·K) was observed near RT. The BLSMO film is favored for magnetocaloric effect applications as well as spin-transfer-torque devices such as microwave oscillators.