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Super-tetragonal Sr 4 Al 2 O 7 as a sacrificial layer for high-integrity freestanding oxide membranes.

Jinfeng ZhangTing LinAo WangXiaochao WangQingyu HeHuan YeJingdi LuQing WangZhengguo LiangFeng JinShengru ChenMing-Hui FanEr-Jia GuoQinghua ZhangLin GuZhen-Lin LuoLiang SiWenbin WuLingfei Wang
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.) (2024)
Identifying a suitable water-soluble sacrificial layer is crucial to fabricating large-scale freestanding oxide membranes, which offer attractive functionalities and integrations with advanced semiconductor technologies. Here, we introduce a water-soluble sacrificial layer, "super-tetragonal" Sr 4 Al 2 O 7 (SAO T ). The low-symmetric crystal structure enables a superior capability to sustain epitaxial strain, allowing for broad tunability in lattice constants. The resultant structural coherency and defect-free interface in perovskite ABO 3 /SAO T heterostructures effectively restrain crack formation during the water release of freestanding oxide membranes. For a variety of nonferroelectric oxide membranes, the crack-free areas can span up to a millimeter in scale. This compelling feature, combined with the inherent high water solubility, makes SAO T a versatile and feasible sacrificial layer for producing high-quality freestanding oxide membranes, thereby boosting their potential for innovative device applications.
Keyphrases
  • water soluble
  • crystal structure
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