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DS: Fachverband Dünne Schichten

DS 7: Multiferroics 2 (jointly with DF, KR, MA, TT)

DS 7.10: Talk

Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:30–17:45, H3

Growth of multiferroic heterostructures — •Sergiu Stratulat, Dietrich Hesse, and Marin Alexe — Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle, Germany

Coupling two materials with different order parameters gives great flexibility in engineering multifunctional devices. In achieving the maximum interfacial effects, vertical heterostructures present the maximum potential. Creating well-ordered vertical multiferroic heterostructures is not a trivial task, especially on large areas. We are focusing our attention on the system comprising ferrimagnetic CoFe2O4 and ferroelectric/antiferromagnetic BiFeO3, using pulsed laser deposition as a synthesizing technique. Considering a time-viable process to create the pillar-matrix configuration, we used anodic aluminum oxide masks to pattern the nucleation sites for the cobalt ferrite on previously deposited SrRuO3 bottom electrode on SrTiO3. After removal of the mask, deposition by means of a mixed target leads to ordered arrays of CFO pillars embedded in a BFO matrix. Scanning electron microscopy was employed at every step of the experiments to show the development of the samples, and X-ray diffraction probed the structural parameters. Testing the ferroelectric and magnetic properties locally gives an indication on the coupling influences present in the thin films.