TY - JOUR
KW - Thin films
KW - Oxides
KW - Composite materials
KW - Oxide films
KW - Nanocomposites
KW - Epitaxial growth
KW - Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
KW - States of matter
KW - Physical phenomena
KW - Interfaces (materials)
KW - Flux pinning
KW - Nanocomposite films
KW - Enhanced flux pinning
KW - Magnetoelectrics
KW - Materials systems
KW - Multifunctional properties
KW - Nanocomposite thin films
KW - Tunable dielectrics
AU - Wenrui Zhang
AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh
AU - J.L MacManus-Driscoll
AU - H Wang
AB - Complex oxides provide an ideal playground for exploring the interplay among the fundamental degrees of freedom: structural (lattice), electronic (orbital and charge), and magnetic (spin). In thin films and heterostructures, new states of matter can emerge as a consequence of such interactions. Over the past decade, the ability to synthesize self-assembled nanocomposite thin films of metal oxides has provided another pathway for creating new interfaces and, thus, new physical phenomena. In this article, we describe examples of such materials systems explored to date and highlight the fascinating multifunctional properties achieved. These include enhanced flux pinning in superconductors, strain-enhanced ferroelectricity, strain- and charge-coupled magnetoelectrics, tunable magnetotransport, novel electrical/ionic transport, memristors, and tunable dielectrics. Copyright © 2015 Materials Research Society.
BT - MRS Bulletin
DO - 10.1557/mrs.2015.198
LA - eng
M1 - 9
N1 - cited By 39
N2 - Complex oxides provide an ideal playground for exploring the interplay among the fundamental degrees of freedom: structural (lattice), electronic (orbital and charge), and magnetic (spin). In thin films and heterostructures, new states of matter can emerge as a consequence of such interactions. Over the past decade, the ability to synthesize self-assembled nanocomposite thin films of metal oxides has provided another pathway for creating new interfaces and, thus, new physical phenomena. In this article, we describe examples of such materials systems explored to date and highlight the fascinating multifunctional properties achieved. These include enhanced flux pinning in superconductors, strain-enhanced ferroelectricity, strain- and charge-coupled magnetoelectrics, tunable magnetotransport, novel electrical/ionic transport, memristors, and tunable dielectrics. Copyright © 2015 Materials Research Society.
PB - Materials Research Society
PY - 2015
SP - 736
EP - 745
T2 - MRS Bulletin
TI - Multifunctional, self-assembled oxide nanocomposite thin films and devices
VL - 40
SN - 08837694
ER -