Journal Article

FZJ-2020-04874

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Rose, M.-A. (Corresponding author)FZJ* ; Šmíd, B. ; Vorokhta, M. ; Slipukhina, I.FZJ* ; Andrä, M. ; Bluhm, H.FZJ* ; Duchoň, T.FZJ* ; Ležaić, M. ; Chambers, S. A. ; Dittmann, R.FZJ* ; Müller, D.FZJ* ; Gunkel, F.FZJ*

2021
Wiley-VCH Weinheim

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/27151  doi:10.1002/adma.202004132

Abstract: The ability to tailor oxide heterointerfaces has led to novel properties in low‐dimensional oxide systems. A fundamental understanding of these properties is based on the concept of electronic charge transfer. However, the electronic properties of oxide heterointerfaces crucially depend on their ionic constitution and defect structure: ionic charges contribute to charge transfer and screening at oxide interfaces, triggering a thermodynamic balance of ionic and electronic structures. Quantitative understanding of the electronic and ionic roles regarding charge‐transfer phenomena poses a central challenge. Here, the electronic and ionic structure is simultaneously investigated at the prototypical charge‐transfer heterointerface, LaAlO3/SrTiO3. Applying in situ photoemission spectroscopy under oxygen ambient, ionic and electronic charge transfer is deconvoluted in response to the oxygen atmosphere at elevated temperatures. In this way, both the rich and variable chemistry of complex oxides and the associated electronic properties are equally embraced. The interfacial electron gas is depleted through an ionic rearrangement in the strontium cation sublattice when oxygen is applied, resulting in an inverse and reversible balance between cation vacancies and electrons, while the mobility of ionic species is found to be considerably enhanced as compared to the bulk. Triggered by these ionic phenomena, the electronic transport and magnetic signature of the heterointerface are significantly altered.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Elektronische Materialien (PGI-7)
2. JARA-FIT (JARA-FIT)
3. Quanten-Theorie der Materialien (PGI-1)
4. Elektronische Eigenschaften (PGI-6)
5. JARA Institut Quanteninformation (PGI-11)

Research Program(s):

1. 899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899) (POF4-899)

Appears in the scientific report 2021

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