Analog control of La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-δ electrical properties through oxygen deficiency induced magnetic transition

Switchability of materials properties by applying controlled stimuli such as voltage pulses is an emerging field of study with applicability in adaptive and programmable devices like neuromorphic transistors or non-emissive smart displays. One of the most exciting approaches to modulate materials pe...

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Autores: Nizet, Paul, Chiabrera, Francesco Maria|||0000-0001-8940-2708, López-Pintó, Nicolau|||0000-0001-5145-6153, Alayo Bueno, Nerea|||0000-0002-0414-9246, Langner, Philipp|||0000-0003-1305-7826, Valencia, Sergio|||0000-0002-3912-5797, Fraile Rodríguez, Arantxa|||0000-0003-2722-0882, Baiutti, Federico|||0000-0001-9664-2486, Smekhova, Alevtina|||0000-0003-0946-2909, Morata, Alex|||0000-0002-3300-4636, Sort, Jordi|||0000-0003-1213-3639, Tarancón Rubio, Albert|||0000-0002-1933-2406
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:309999
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/309999
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/5.0234003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Exchange interactions
Crystallographic defects
Magnetism
Electrical conductor
Transport properties
Electrical properties and parameters
Transistors
Thin films
Chemical elements
Stoichiometry
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Sumario:Switchability of materials properties by applying controlled stimuli such as voltage pulses is an emerging field of study with applicability in adaptive and programmable devices like neuromorphic transistors or non-emissive smart displays. One of the most exciting approaches to modulate materials performance is mobile ion/vacancy insertion for inducing changes in relevant electrical, optical, or magnetic properties, among others. Unveiling the interplay between changes in the concentration of mobile defects (like oxygen vacancies) and functional properties in relevant materials represents a step forward for underpinning the emerging oxide iontronics discipline. In this work, electrochemical oxide-ion solid-state pumping cells were fabricated for analog control of the oxygen stoichiometry in thin films of mixed ionic-electronic conductor La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-δ. We demonstrate over more than four orders of magnitude electronic conductivity control at 50 °C within the same crystallographic phase through precise and continuous voltage control of the oxygen stoichiometry. We show that behind the modification of the transport properties of the material lays a paramagnetic-to-antiferromagnetic transition. We exploit such magnetoelectric coupling to show control over the exchange interaction between La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-δ and a ferromagnetic Co layer deposited on top.