Exploring mesoscopic physics of vacancy-ordered systems through atomic scale observations of topological defects

A. Y. Borisevich, A. N. Morozovska, Young Min Kim, D. Leonard, M. P. Oxley, M. D. Biegalski, E. A. Eliseev, S. V. Kalinin

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Abstract

Vacancy-ordered transition metal oxides have multiple similarities to classical ferroic systems including ferroelectrics and ferroelastics. The expansion coefficients for corresponding Ginzburg-Landau-type free energies are readily accessible from bulk phase diagrams. Here, we demonstrate that the gradient and interfacial terms can quantitatively be determined from the atomically resolved scanning transmission electron microscopy data of the topological defects and interfaces in model lanthanum-strontium cobaltite. With this knowledge, the interplay between ordering, chemical composition, and mechanical effects at domain walls, interfaces and structural defects can be analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number065702
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume109
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 10 2012

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