Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy for complex transition metal oxides

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摘要 Lattice,charge,orbital,andspinarethefourfundamentaldegreesoffreedomincondensedmatter,ofwhichtheinteractivecouplingderivestremendousnovelphysicalphenomena,suchashigh-temperaturesuperconductivity(high-T_cSC)andcolossalmagnetoresistance(CMR)instronglycorrelatedelectronicsystem.Directexperimentalobservationofthesefreedomsisessentialtounderstandingthestructure-propertyrelationshipandthephysicsbehindit,andalsoindispensablefordesigningnewmaterialsanddevices.Scanningtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(STEM)integratingmultipletechniquesofstructureimagingandspectrumanalysis,isacomprehensiveplatformforprovidingstructural,chemicalandelectronicinformationofmaterialswithahighspatialresolution.Benefitingfromthedevelopmentofaberrationcorrectors,STEMhastakenabigbreakthroughtowardssub-angstromresolutioninlastdecadeandalwaysstepsforwardtoimprovethecapabilityofmaterialcharacterization;manyimprovementshavebeenachievedinrecentyears,therebygivinganindepthinsightintomaterialresearch.Here,wepresentabriefreviewoftherecentadvancesofSTEMbysomerepresentativeexamplesofperovskitetransitionmetaloxides;atomic-scalemappingofferroelectricpolarization,octahedraldistortionsandrotations,valencestate,coordinationandspinorderingarepresented.WeexpectthatthisbriefintroductionaboutthecurrentcapabilityofSTEMcouldfacilitatetheunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenfunctionalpropertiesandthesefundamentaldegreesoffreedomincomplexoxides.
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出处 《中国物理B:英文版》 2016年6期
出版日期 2016年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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