ISSN:
1573-482X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract The Stranski–Krastanow (SK) growth by atmospheric pressure metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy of self-organized ZnTe nanoislands on homoepitaxial (0 0 1)GaAs is demonstrated. The −7.4% lattice mismatch of the ZnTe/GaAs heterostructure leads to a strain driven distribution of nanoscale ZnTe islands on top of a two-dimensionally (2D) grown wetting layer. Atomic force microscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry are used to determine the island dimensions, the ZnTe mean coverage and the thickness of the 2D wetting layer. The island average density and diameter, as well as their aspect ratio are about 520 μm-2, 13.6 nm and 0.20, respectively, in the case of a 1.20 monolayer (ML) thick wetting layer and a growth rate of 0.074 ML s-1. Preliminary data on the effects of different growth rates on the island average densities are also reported. © 1998 Chapman & Hall
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008890511112
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