Growth of high-quality perovskite (110)-SrIrO3 thin films using reactive molecular beam epitaxy*

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of the MOST of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0300204), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB654901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574337, 11227902, 11474147, and 11704394), Shanghai Sailing Program (Grant No. 17YF1422900), and the Award for Outstanding Member in Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Zhang Kai-Li1, 2, Fan Cong-Cong1, 2, Liu Wan-Ling3, Wu Yu-Feng1, 2, Lu Xiang-Le1, 2, Liu Zheng-Tai1, 4, Liu Ji-Shan1, 4, Liu Zhong-Hao1, 4, Shen Da-Wei1, 4, ‡
       

(color online) (a) Crystal structure of perovskite SrIrO3. (b) Schematic view of the as-synthesized heterostructure. (c) Schematic diagram of interface polarity between the SrTiO3 buffer layer and SrIrO3 along the [110] direction.