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New epitaxy paradigm in epitaxial self-assembled oxide vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films

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Self-assembled oxide-based vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) thin films have aroused tremendous research interest in the past decade. The interest arises from the range of unique nanostructured films which can form and the multifunctionality arising from these forms. Hence, a large number of oxide VAN systems have been demonstrated and explored for enhancing specific physical properties, such as strain-enhanced ferroelectricity, tunable magnetotransport, and novel electrical/ionic transport properties. The epitaxial growth of the nanocomposite thin films and the coupling at the heterogeneous interfaces are critical considerations for future device applications. In this review, the advantages of strain coupling along vertical interfaces and film-substrate interfaces in nanocomposite films over conventional single phase films are discussed. Specifically, a unique strain compensation model enabling the epitaxial growth of two-phase nanocomposites having large lattice mismatch with substrates is proposed. Out-of-plane strain coupling between the two phases is also discussed in terms of designing strain states for desired functionalities.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The work is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (DMR-1643911 for VAN thin film growth and DMR-1565822 for high resolution TEM/STEM work). JLM-D acknowledges support from EPSRC grants, EP/K035282/1 and EP/N004272/1 and the Leverhulme grant RPG-2015-017.

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    Jijie Huang & Haiyan Wang

  2. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 OFS, UK

    Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll

  3. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, USA

    Haiyan Wang

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Huang, J., MacManus-Driscoll, J.L. & Wang, H. New epitaxy paradigm in epitaxial self-assembled oxide vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films. Journal of Materials Research 32, 4054–4066 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.281

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