Atomic scale imaging of competing polar states in a Ruddlesden–Popper layered oxide

oleh: Greg Stone, Colin Ophus, Turan Birol, Jim Ciston, Che-Hui Lee, Ke Wang, Craig J. Fennie, Darrell G. Schlom, Nasim Alem, Venkatraman Gopalan

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01

Deskripsi

Competing phases in layered complex oxides are believed to be relevant for emergent phenomena, which still await to be witnessed. Here, Stone et al. report direct atomic-scale imaging of a multitude of polar phases in Ruddlesden-Popper oxide thin films, exhibiting diverse phenomena in a single structure.