Controlling self-assembled perovskite-spinel nanostructures

Haimei Zheng; Qian Zhan; Florin Zavaliche; Matt Sherburne; Florian Straub; Maria P. Cruz; Long Qing Chen; Uli Dahmen; R. Ramesh

doi:10.1021/nl060401y

Controlling self-assembled perovskite-spinel nanostructures

Haimei Zheng, Qian Zhan, Florin Zavaliche, Matt Sherburne, Florian Straub, Maria P. Cruz, Long Qing Chen, Uli Dahmen, R. Ramesh

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We report a discovery that self-assembled perovskite-spinel nanostructures can be controlled simply by selecting single-crystal substrates with different orientations. In a model BiFeO ₃-CoFe ₂O ₄ system, a (001) substrate results in rectangular-shaped CoFe ₂O ₄ nanopillars in a BiFeO ₃ matrix; in contrast, a (111) substrate leads to triangular-shaped BiFeO ₃ nanopillars in a CoFe ₂O ₄ matrix, irrespective of the volume fraction of the two phases. This dramatic reversal is attributed to the surface energy anisotropy as an intrinsic property of a crystal.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1401-1407
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nano letters
Volume	6
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl060401y
State	Published - Jul 1 2006

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Condensed Matter Physics
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