Near-surface structural phase transition of SrTiO3 studied with zero-field β-detected nuclear spin relaxation and resonance

Z. Salman; R. F. Kiefl; K. H. Chow; M. D. Hossain; T. A. Keeler; S. R. Kreitzman; C. D.P. Levy; R. I. Miller; T. J. Parolin; M. R. Pearson; H. Saadaoui; J. D. Schultz; M. Smadella; D. Wang; W. A. MacFarlane

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.147601

Near-surface structural phase transition of SrTiO3 studied with zero-field β-detected nuclear spin relaxation and resonance

Z. Salman^*, R. F. Kiefl, K. H. Chow, M. D. Hossain, T. A. Keeler, S. R. Kreitzman, C. D.P. Levy, R. I. Miller, T. J. Parolin, M. R. Pearson, H. Saadaoui, J. D. Schultz, M. Smadella, D. Wang, W. A. MacFarlane

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We demonstrate that zero-field β-detected nuclear quadrupole resonance and spin relaxation of low energy Li8 can be used as a sensitive local probe of structural phase transitions near a surface. We find that the transition near the surface of a SrTiO3 single crystal occurs at Tc∼150K, i.e., ∼45K higher than Tcbulk, and that the tetragonal domains formed below Tc are randomly oriented.

Original language	English
Article number	147601
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.147601
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Salman, Z., Kiefl, R. F., Chow, K. H., Hossain, M. D., Keeler, T. A., Kreitzman, S. R., Levy, C. D. P., Miller, R. I., Parolin, T. J., Pearson, M. R., Saadaoui, H., Schultz, J. D., Smadella, M., Wang, D., & MacFarlane, W. A. (2006). Near-surface structural phase transition of SrTiO3 studied with zero-field β-detected nuclear spin relaxation and resonance. Physical Review Letters, 96(14), Article 147601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.147601

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Near-surface structural phase transition of SrTiO3 studied with zero-field β-detected nuclear spin relaxation and resonance

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