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Magnetic and Crystallographic Microstructure of SrRuO3 Studied by Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

A.F. Marshall ,
L. Klein ,
J.S. Dodge ,
C.H. Ahn ,
J.W. Reiner ,
L. Mieville ,
T.H. Geballe ,
M.R. Beasely  and
A. Kapitulnik
A.F. Marshall
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
L. Klein
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
J.S. Dodge
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
C.H. Ahn
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
J.W. Reiner
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
L. Mieville
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
T.H. Geballe
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
M.R. Beasely
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
A. Kapitulnik
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Applied Physics Dept., Stanford Univeristy, StanfordCA94043
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SrRuO3 is a low temperature ferromagnet (Tc ≌ 150K) which has recently been investigated in thin film form due to its structural compatibility with other thin film perovskites materials of practical interest, including high-temperature superconductors. Magnetization studies of thin films of SrRuO3 deposited on cubic SrTiO3 indicate strong uniaxial anisotropy with the easy direction approximately along either the a or b axis, which are difficult to distinguish. The orthorhombic structure of SrRuO3 (a = 5.53, b = 5.57, c = 7.84 Å) has six symmetry-related orientations on the cubic substrate (a = 3.9Å). Using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy both the magnetic and the crystallographic domain microstructure are characterized.

For TEM imaging the films are readily removed from the substrate by chemical etching, using a HF:HNO3:H2O etch of approximately 1:1:1 dilution. Free-floating SrRuO3 films of 300-1000Å in thickness are then supported on standard carbon/formvar films on Cu substrates.

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Recent Developments in Microscopy for Studying Electronic and Magnetic Materials
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 3 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '97, Microscopy Society of America 55th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 31st Annual Meeting, Histochemical Society 48th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 10-14, 1997 , August 1997 , pp. 521 - 522
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1997

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3. This work was supported by the NSF-MRSEC program through the Center for Materials Research at Stanford University.Google Scholar