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Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate

[Image: see text] Quantum materials, particularly Dirac materials with linearly dispersing bands, can be effectively tuned by strain-induced lattice distortions leading to a pseudomagnetic field that strongly modulates their electronic properties. Here, we grow kagome magnet FeSn films, consisting o...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Huimin, Weinert, Michael, Li, Lian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2023
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10037333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36912449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00345
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description [Image: see text] Quantum materials, particularly Dirac materials with linearly dispersing bands, can be effectively tuned by strain-induced lattice distortions leading to a pseudomagnetic field that strongly modulates their electronic properties. Here, we grow kagome magnet FeSn films, consisting of alternatingly stacked Sn(2) honeycomb (stanene) and Fe(3)Sn kagome layers, on SrTiO(3)(111) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. Using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, we show that the Sn honeycomb layer can be periodically deformed by epitaxial strain for a film thickness below 10 nm, resulting in differential conductance peaks consistent with Landau levels generated by a pseudomagnetic field greater than 1000 T. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of strain engineering the electronic properties of topological magnets at the nanoscale.
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spelling pubmed-100373332023-03-25 Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate Zhang, Huimin Weinert, Michael Li, Lian Nano Lett [Image: see text] Quantum materials, particularly Dirac materials with linearly dispersing bands, can be effectively tuned by strain-induced lattice distortions leading to a pseudomagnetic field that strongly modulates their electronic properties. Here, we grow kagome magnet FeSn films, consisting of alternatingly stacked Sn(2) honeycomb (stanene) and Fe(3)Sn kagome layers, on SrTiO(3)(111) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. Using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, we show that the Sn honeycomb layer can be periodically deformed by epitaxial strain for a film thickness below 10 nm, resulting in differential conductance peaks consistent with Landau levels generated by a pseudomagnetic field greater than 1000 T. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of strain engineering the electronic properties of topological magnets at the nanoscale. American Chemical Society 2023-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10037333/ /pubmed/36912449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00345 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate
title Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate
title_full Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate
title_fullStr Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate
title_full_unstemmed Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate
title_short Giant Periodic Pseudomagnetic Fields in Strained Kagome Magnet FeSn Epitaxial Films on SrTiO(3)(111) Substrate
title_sort giant periodic pseudomagnetic fields in strained kagome magnet fesn epitaxial films on srtio(3)(111) substrate
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10037333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36912449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00345
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