Interfacial control of ferromagnetism in ultrathin SrRuO3 films sandwiched 
between ferroelectric BaTiO3 layers

Gu, Youdi; Song, Cheng; Zhang, Qinghua; Li, Fan; Tan, Hengxin; Xu, Kun; Li, Jia; Saleem, Muhammad S; Fayaz, Muhammad U; Peng, Jingjing; Hu, Fengxia; Gu, Lin; Liu, Wei; Zhang, Zhidong; Pan, Feng

doi:10.1021/acsami.9b20941

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Interfacial control of ferromagnetism in ultrathin SrRuO₃ films sandwiched between ferroelectric BaTiO₃ layers

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Tan, Hengxin
Nano-Systems from Ions, Spins and Electrons, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Gu, Y., Song, C., Zhang, Q., Li, F., Tan, H., Xu, K., et al. (2020). Interfacial control of ferromagnetism in ultrathin SrRuO₃ films sandwiched between ferroelectric BaTiO₃ layers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(5), 6707-6715. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b20941.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-D5E3-7

Abstract

Interfaces between materials provide an intellectually rich arena for fundamental scientific discovery and device design. However, the frustration of magnetization and conductivity of perovskite oxide films under reduced dimensionality is detrimental to their device performance, preventing their active low-dimensional application. Herein, by inserting the ultrathin 4d ferromagnetic SrRuO₃ layer between ferroelectric BaTiO₃ layers to form a sandwich heterostructure, we observe enhanced physical properties in ultrathin SrRuO₃ films, including longitudinal conductivity, Curie temperature, and saturated magnetic moment. Especially, the saturated magnetization can be enhanced to ∼3.12 μ_B/Ru in ultrathin BaTiO₃/SrRuO₃/BaTiO₃ trilayers, which is beyond the theoretical limit of bulk value (2 μ_B/Ru). This observation is attributed to the synergistic ferroelectric proximity effect (SFPE) at upper and lower BaTiO₃/SrRuO₃ heterointerfaces, as revealed by the high-resolution lattice structure analysis. This SFPE in dual-ferroelectric interface cooperatively induces ferroelectric-like lattice distortions in RuO₆ oxygen octahedra and subsequent spin-state crossover in SrRuO₃, which in turn accounts for the observed enhanced magnetization. Besides the fundamental significance of interface-induced spin–lattice coupling, our findings also provide a viable route to the electrical control of magnetic ordering, taking a step toward low-power applications in all-oxide spintronics.