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Abnormal Lattice Expansion and Double Periodicity in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Thin Films Under Electron Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2005

M. Zhang ,
X.L. Ma ,
D.X. Li ,
H.B. Lu ,
Z.H. Chen  and
G.Z. Yang
M. Zhang
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
X.L. Ma*
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
D.X. Li
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
H.B. Lu
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics & Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
Z.H. Chen
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics & Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
G.Z. Yang
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics & Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Perovskite-based SrNb0.2Ti0.8O3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 bilayer films were grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrate. By means of in situ transmission electron microscopy, lattice expansion and double periodicity were identified in both plan-view and cross-section La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 films under electron irradiation for 25 s. After the electron beam was removed from specimens, the original perovskite structure recovered within 10 min. However, when irradiation time was more than 1 min, the original perovskite structure could not recover and became an amorphous phase or a cavity created by irradiation. According to first-principle calculation and electron diffraction pattern simulation, formation mechanism of the lattice expansion and double periodicity is proposed based on oxygen deficiency during electron irradiation.

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MicrostructureTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , July 2005 , pp. 1778 - 1784
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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