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| Conference Presentation (Invited) | FZJ-2023-01286 |
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2023
Abstract: The ability to tune magnetic oxide phases via redox reactions across their heterointerfaces could lead to useful spintronic and memristive device applications. By applying a small electric field, oxidation/reduction occurs at the heterointerface and leads to a reversible phase transition. In this talk, we present the preparation and characterization of epitaxial Fe3O4 thin films grown on TiO2-terminated Nb:STO via pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Using magnetometry, we detect the Verwey transition; a strong indicator of the oxygen content in the Fe3O4 films. We observe the disappearance in the Verwey transition temperature with an applied positive electric field. This could be explained by oxygen diffusion through the interface which then leads to a reversible phase transition from Fe3O4(magnetite) to γ-Fe2O3(maghemite). Using ex-situ x-ray diffraction (XRD), we observe the structural transitions from (001) to (111) in the out-of-plane direction influenced by the applied voltage. Interestingly, by grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering, we observe a change in the magnetite domain size for the sample after applying the electric field.
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