
arXiv: 2110.03640
handle: 20.500.12876/OrD8dBQr
Emergent superconductivity is strongly correlated with the symmetry of local atomic configuration in the parent compounds of iron-based superconductors. While chemical doping or hydrostatic pressure can change the local geometry, these conventional approaches do not provide a clear pathway in tuning the detailed atomic arrangement predictably, due to the parent compounds complicated structural deformation in the presence of the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition. Here, we demonstrate a systematic approach to manipulate the local structural configurations in BaFe2As2 epitaxial thin films by controlling two independent structural factors orthorhombicity (in-plane anisotropy) and tetragonality (out-of-plane/in-plane balance) from lattice parameters. We tune superconductivity without chemical doping utilizing both structural factors separately, controlling local tetrahedral coordination in designed thin film heterostructures with substrate clamping and bi-axial strain. We further show that this allows quantitative control of both the structural phase transition, associated magnetism, and superconductivity in the parent material BaFe2As2. This approach will advance the development of tunable thin film superconductors in reduced dimension.
Condensed Matter - Materials Science, parent materials, Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), superconductivity, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci), FOS: Physical sciences, DegreeDisciplines::Physical Sciences and Mathematics::Physics::Condensed Matter Physics, 530, Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con), Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, thin films, phase transition, atomic configuration
Condensed Matter - Materials Science, parent materials, Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), superconductivity, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci), FOS: Physical sciences, DegreeDisciplines::Physical Sciences and Mathematics::Physics::Condensed Matter Physics, 530, Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con), Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, thin films, phase transition, atomic configuration
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