Polar catastrophe at the MgO(100)/SnO2(110) interface

Arwa Albar; Udo Schwingenschlögl

doi:10.1039/c6tc04264c

Polar catastrophe at the MgO(100)/SnO2(110) interface

Arwa Albar, Udo Schwingenschlögl

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First principles calculations, based on density functional theory, are used to investigate the structural and electronic properties of the epitaxial MgO(100)/SnO2(110) interface of wide band gap insulators. Depending on the interface termination, nonmagnetic metallic and half-metallic interface states are observed. The formation of these states is explained by a polar catastrophe model for nonpolar-polar interfaces. Strong lattice distortions and buckling develop in SnO2, which influence the interface properties as the charge discontinuity is partially screened. Already a single unit cell of SnO2 is sufficient to drive the polar catastrophe scenario. © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11129-11134
Number of pages	6
Journal	J. Mater. Chem. C
Volume	4
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc04264c
State	Published - 2016

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Acknowledgements: The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

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Polar catastrophe at the MgO(100)/SnO2(110) interface

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