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Journal
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The discovery of 2D conductivity at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface has been linking, for over a decade, two of the major current research fields in materials science: correlated transition‐metal‐oxide systems and low‐dimensional systems. Notably, despite the 2D nature of the interfacial electron gas, the samples are 3D objects with thickness in the mm range. This prevented researchers so far from adopting strategies that are only viable for fully 2D materials, or from effectively exploiting degrees of freedom related to strain, strain gradient and curvature. Here a method based on pure strain engineering for obtaining freestanding LaAlO3/SrTiO3 membranes with micrometer lateral dimensions is demonstrated. Detailed transmission electron microscopy investigations show that the membranes are fully epitaxial and that their curvature results in a huge strain gradient, each layer showing a mixed compressive/tensile strain …
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Publication date: 
1 Nov 2020
Authors: 

Alessia Sambri, Mario Scuderi, Anita Guarino, Emiliano Di Gennaro, Ricci Erlandsen, Rasmus T Dahm, Anders V Bjørlig, Dennis V Christensen, Roberto Di Capua, Bartolomeo Della Ventura, Umberto Scotti di Uccio, Salvatore Mirabella, Giuseppe Nicotra, Corrado Spinella, Thomas S Jespersen, Fabio Miletto Granozio

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Volume: 30 Issue: 45 Pages: 1909964
Origin: 
Advanced Functional Materials