3D Strain Engineering

Strain-driven nanodumbbell structure and enhanced physical properties in hybrid vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films

X. Sun, Q. Li, J. Huang, M. Fan, B. X. Rutherford, R. L. Paldi, J. Jian, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Applied Materials Today, 16, 204-212 (2019).

Highlights:

  • Enable vertical and tilted interfacial coupling

  • Achieve highly improved magnetotransport property above room temperature

Three-dimensional strain engineering in epitaxial vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films with tunable magnetotransport properties

X. Sun, J. Huang, J. Jian, M. Fan, H. Wang, Q. Li, J. L. Mac Manus-Driscoll, P. Lu, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Materials Horizons, 5, 536 (2018).

Highlights:

  • Oxide-oxide interlayered VAN thin films

  • Enable vertical and lateral interfacial coupling

  • Achieve record-high magneresistance value of LSMO-based epitaxial films