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.
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Authors
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Debangshu Mukherjee
The Pennsylvania State University
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Greg Stone
United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
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Eun Ju Moon
Drexel University
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Joshua Young
Drexel University
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Venkatraman Gopalan
The Pennsylvania State University
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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
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Steven May
Drexel University, Drexel Univ
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Nasim Alem
The Pennsylvania State University