@article{7da97091a8e349d69cee49d99017da45,
title = "Twisted oxide lateral homostructures with conjunction tunability",
abstract = "Epitaxial growth is of significant importance over the past decades, given it has been the key process of modern technology for delivering high-quality thin films. For conventional heteroepitaxy, the selection of proper single crystal substrates not only facilitates the integration of different materials but also fulfills interface and strain engineering upon a wide spectrum of functionalities. Nevertheless, the lattice structure, regularity and crystalline orientation are determined once a specific substrate is chosen. Here, we reveal the growth of twisted oxide lateral homostructure with controllable in-plane conjunctions. The twisted lateral homostructures with atomically sharp interfaces can be composed of epitaxial “blocks” with different crystalline orientations, ferroic orders and phases. We further demonstrate that this approach is universal for fabricating various complex systems, in which the unconventional physical properties can be artificially manipulated. Our results establish an efficient pathway towards twisted lateral homostructures, adding additional degrees of freedom to design epitaxial films.",
author = "Wu, {Ping Chun} and Wei, {Chia Chun} and Qilan Zhong and Ho, {Sheng Zhu} and Liou, {Yi De} and Liu, {Yu Chen} and Chiu, {Chun Chien} and Tzeng, {Wen Yen} and Chang, {Kuo En} and Chang, {Yao Wen} and Junding Zheng and Chang, {Chun Fu} and Tu, {Chien Ming} and Chen, {Tse Ming} and Luo, {Chih Wei} and Rong Huang and Duan, {Chun Gang} and Chen, {Yi Chun} and Kuo, {Chang Yang} and Yang, {Jan Chi}",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan under grant no. MOST 110-2636-M-006-003 (Young Scholar Fellowship Program) and 110-2628-M-006 -002-MY3 (J.-C.Y. and Y.-C.C.). R.H. acknowledges support by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0303403) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61974042). C.-F.C. and C.-Y.K. acknowledge support from the Max Planck-POSTECH-Hsinchu Center for Complex Phase Materials. The authors thank MSSORPS Co., Ltd. for high-quality TEM sample preparation and preliminary observation of HRTEM. The authors thank Ms. Jo-Chi Hu and Mr. Kei-Jie You for preliminary sample preparation. The research is also supported in part by Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education to the Headquarters of University Advancement at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Funding Information: This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan under grant no. MOST 110-2636-M-006-003 (Young Scholar Fellowship Program) and 110-2628-M-006 -002-MY3 (J.-C.Y. and Y.-C.C.). R.H. acknowledges support by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0303403) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61974042). C.-F.C. and C.-Y.K. acknowledge support from the Max Planck-POSTECH-Hsinchu Center for Complex Phase Materials. The authors thank MSSORPS Co., Ltd. for high-quality TEM sample preparation and preliminary observation of HRTEM. The authors thank Ms. Jo-Chi Hu and Mr. Kei-Jie You for preliminary sample preparation. The research is also supported in part by Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education to the Headquarters of University Advancement at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1038/s41467-022-30321-8",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
journal = "Nature communications",
issn = "2041-1723",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}