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arXiv 1509.04526cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hall
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裂解SrTiO3(001)表面的形貌和电子结构

Topographic and electronic structure of cleaved SrTiO3(001) surfaces

Wattaka Sitaputra, Marek Skowronski, Randall M. Feenstra

摘要:

解理SrTiO 3(001)表面的形貌和电子结构进行了研究,采用样品,无论是有或没有被涂覆在其外表面上的Ti断裂前。在这两种情况下,SrO-和TiO 2-终止的梯田存在于解理表面上,使原位研究的任何终止。然而,发现在断裂之前涂覆有Ti的样品在涂覆之后的退火(除气)步骤期间在TiO 2终止的平台上产生更粗糙的形态以及更高密度的氧空位。在Ti涂覆的样品的本体中的较高密度的氧空位也提供了较高的电导率,这又提高了光谱的灵敏度,并降低了尖端诱导的能带弯曲的影响。尽管如此,在有和没有钛涂层的样品中观察到了相似的光谱特征,每个终端都是独一无二的。值得注意的是,与中温退火断裂后,一个强大的离散峰的电导谱,所产生的氧空位,观察到的SrO终止的梯田。对于涂层和未涂层样品,该峰出现在略微不同的电压下,表明可能存在尖端诱导带弯曲的影响。

英文摘要:

The topographic and electronic structure of cleaved SrTiO3(001) surfaces were studied, employing samples that either had or had not been coated with Ti on their outer surfaces prior to fracture. In both cases, SrO- and TiO2-terminated terraces were present on the cleavage surface, enabling in situ studies on either termination. However, the samples coated with Ti prior to fracture were found to yield a rougher morphology on TiO2-terminated terraces as well as a higher density of oxygen vacancies during an annealing (outgassing) step following the coating. The higher density of oxygen vacancies in the bulk of the Ti-coated samples also provides higher conductivity which, in turn, improves a sensitivity of the spectroscopy and reduces the effect of tip-induced band bending. Nonetheless, similar spectral features, unique to each termination, were observed for samples both with and without the Ti coating. Notably, with moderate-temperature annealing following fracture, a strong discrete peak in the conductance spectra, arising from oxygen vacancies, was observed on the SrO-terminated terraces. This peak appears at slightly different voltages for coated and uncoated samples, signifying a possible effect of tip-induced band bending.

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