Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion
- Autores
- Ferrari, Valeria Paola; Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea
- Año de publicación
- 2014
- Idioma
- inglés
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- artículo
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- versión publicada
- Descripción
- We investigate the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a particular interface in the oxide heterostructures LaAlOmath formula/SrTiOmath formula (LAO/STO) and TiOmath formula-anatase/LaAlOmath formula (TiOmath formula/LAO), namely the interface of AlOmath formula facing TiOmath formula, which is the energetically preferred one in the presence of interfacial oxygen vacancies. The optimum stacking for the ground state is different for each heterostructure with the interfacial Ti atoms being located either at hollow or bridge sites facing the AlOmath formula surface layer. This structural property determines the electronic character of the interface and as a consequence, in LAO/STO it is metallic while in TiOmath formula/LAO it can be semiconducting and magnetic for a large concentration of vacancies. In addition, we find that cation interdiffusion at this interface is an energetically favored defect in both heterostructures with interfacial vacancies. Its main effect is to increase the size of the band gap in the semiconducting case and to open up a gap in the metallic one, thus allowing for a tuning of a metal to insulator transition.
Fil: Ferrari, Valeria Paola. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones no Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Constituyentes); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones no Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Constituyentes); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina - Materia
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Interfaces
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Metal-Insulator Transition
Oxygen Vacancies - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusionFerrari, Valeria PaolaWeissmann, Mariana DoroteaInterfacesOxidesMetal-Insulator TransitionOxygen Vacancieshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We investigate the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a particular interface in the oxide heterostructures LaAlOmath formula/SrTiOmath formula (LAO/STO) and TiOmath formula-anatase/LaAlOmath formula (TiOmath formula/LAO), namely the interface of AlOmath formula facing TiOmath formula, which is the energetically preferred one in the presence of interfacial oxygen vacancies. The optimum stacking for the ground state is different for each heterostructure with the interfacial Ti atoms being located either at hollow or bridge sites facing the AlOmath formula surface layer. This structural property determines the electronic character of the interface and as a consequence, in LAO/STO it is metallic while in TiOmath formula/LAO it can be semiconducting and magnetic for a large concentration of vacancies. In addition, we find that cation interdiffusion at this interface is an energetically favored defect in both heterostructures with interfacial vacancies. Its main effect is to increase the size of the band gap in the semiconducting case and to open up a gap in the metallic one, thus allowing for a tuning of a metal to insulator transition.Fil: Ferrari, Valeria Paola. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones no Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Constituyentes); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones no Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Constituyentes); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaWiley VCH Verlag2014-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/35687Ferrari, Valeria Paola; Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea; Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion; Wiley VCH Verlag; Physica Status Solidi B-basic Research; 251; 8; 7-2014; 1601-16070370-1972CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/pssb.201451050info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pssb.201451050/abstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:11:53Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/35687instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:11:54.08CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion Ferrari, Valeria Paola Interfaces Oxides Metal-Insulator Transition Oxygen Vacancies |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
title_full |
Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
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Tuning the insulator-metal transition in oxide interfaces: an ab initio study exploring the role of oxygen vacancies and cation interdiffusion |
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Ferrari, Valeria Paola Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea |
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Ferrari, Valeria Paola |
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Ferrari, Valeria Paola Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea |
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Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea |
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Interfaces Oxides Metal-Insulator Transition Oxygen Vacancies |
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Interfaces Oxides Metal-Insulator Transition Oxygen Vacancies |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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We investigate the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a particular interface in the oxide heterostructures LaAlOmath formula/SrTiOmath formula (LAO/STO) and TiOmath formula-anatase/LaAlOmath formula (TiOmath formula/LAO), namely the interface of AlOmath formula facing TiOmath formula, which is the energetically preferred one in the presence of interfacial oxygen vacancies. The optimum stacking for the ground state is different for each heterostructure with the interfacial Ti atoms being located either at hollow or bridge sites facing the AlOmath formula surface layer. This structural property determines the electronic character of the interface and as a consequence, in LAO/STO it is metallic while in TiOmath formula/LAO it can be semiconducting and magnetic for a large concentration of vacancies. In addition, we find that cation interdiffusion at this interface is an energetically favored defect in both heterostructures with interfacial vacancies. Its main effect is to increase the size of the band gap in the semiconducting case and to open up a gap in the metallic one, thus allowing for a tuning of a metal to insulator transition. Fil: Ferrari, Valeria Paola. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones no Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Constituyentes); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Weissmann, Mariana Dorotea. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones no Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Constituyentes); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina |
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We investigate the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a particular interface in the oxide heterostructures LaAlOmath formula/SrTiOmath formula (LAO/STO) and TiOmath formula-anatase/LaAlOmath formula (TiOmath formula/LAO), namely the interface of AlOmath formula facing TiOmath formula, which is the energetically preferred one in the presence of interfacial oxygen vacancies. The optimum stacking for the ground state is different for each heterostructure with the interfacial Ti atoms being located either at hollow or bridge sites facing the AlOmath formula surface layer. This structural property determines the electronic character of the interface and as a consequence, in LAO/STO it is metallic while in TiOmath formula/LAO it can be semiconducting and magnetic for a large concentration of vacancies. In addition, we find that cation interdiffusion at this interface is an energetically favored defect in both heterostructures with interfacial vacancies. Its main effect is to increase the size of the band gap in the semiconducting case and to open up a gap in the metallic one, thus allowing for a tuning of a metal to insulator transition. |
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