High resolution electron microscopy of GaAs capped GaSb nanostructures

We show in this work that GaAs capping of 2 ML of GaSb grown by molecular beam epitaxy results in the formation of very small (with heights of about 1 nm) GaAsxSb1−x nanostructures surrounded by a GaAs rich layer. This conclusion is obtained by analyzing the morphology of the GaAsxSb1−x nanostructur...

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Autores: Molina, Sergio I., Beltrán, A. M., Ben, Teresa, Galindo, P. L., Guerrero, Elisa, González Taboada, Alfonso, Ripalda, José María, Chisholm, M. F.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2009
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/23507
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/23507
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Gallium arsenide
Gallium compounds
III-V semiconductors
Nanostructured materials
Nanotechnology
Scanning-transmission electron microscopy
Semiconductor epitaxial layers
Semiconductor growth
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Resumo:We show in this work that GaAs capping of 2 ML of GaSb grown by molecular beam epitaxy results in the formation of very small (with heights of about 1 nm) GaAsxSb1−x nanostructures surrounded by a GaAs rich layer. This conclusion is obtained by analyzing the morphology of the GaAsxSb1−x nanostructures by high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy in Z-contrast mode. This result shows that a significant fraction of the Sb atoms must segregate along the growth direction during the GaAs capping process.