Aberration Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy of $\mathbf{(Ca,Sr)Fe_2O_5}$ Brownmillerite superlattices

ORAL

Abstract

The brownmillerite phase $\mathrm{A_2B_2O_5}$ consists of ordered oxygen vacancies in alternate perovskite layers forming chiral tetrahedral chains. The handedness of these tetrahedral chains control the polarization of the structure. The current study focuses on 1-1 brownmillerite superlattices grown on a $\mathrm{SrTiO_3}$ substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. The B-site in this structure is iron throughout the superlattice film, while the A-site alternates between calcium and strontium in the superlattice layers. In this study, we use atomic resolution aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) to investigate the structure and chemistry of the film-substrate interface as well as the chemical structure of the superlattice. Atom positions are determined to measure displacement vectors of A-site cations in the superlattice structure.

Authors

  • Debangshu Mukherjee

    The Pennsylvania State University

  • Greg Stone

    United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

  • Eun Ju Moon

    Drexel University

  • Joshua Young

    Drexel University

  • Venkatraman Gopalan

    The Pennsylvania State University

  • James Rondinelli

    Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL60208, USA, Northwestern Univ, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

  • Steven May

    Drexel University, Drexel Univ

  • Nasim Alem

    The Pennsylvania State University