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Kinetics Governing Phase Separation of Nanostructured Sn(x)Ge(1a 'x) Alloys.

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Regina Regan, Harry A. Atwater, Jonathan E. Guyer, Erik Meserole, Mark S. Gorrsky

Abstract

We have studied the dynamic phenomenon of SnxGe1a 'x/Ge phase separation during deposition by molecular beam epitaxy on Ge(001) substrates.Phase-separation leads to the formation of direct bandgap semiconductor nanowire arrays embedded in Ge oriented along the [001] growth direction. The effect of strain and composition on the periodicity were decoupled by growth on Ge(001) and partially relaxed SiYGe-1-y/Ge(001) virtual substrates. The experimental results are compared with a kinetic linear instability model and the experimental results show good agreement with this theoretical model for phase separation during dynamic growth.
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Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
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Asaro-Tiller, decomposition, solute expansion, Stranski-Krastanov
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Regan, R. , Atwater, H. , Guyer, J. , Meserole, E. and Gorrsky, M. (2006), Kinetics Governing Phase Separation of Nanostructured Sn(x)Ge(1a 'x) Alloys., Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=853551 (Accessed October 8, 2024)

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Created June 4, 2006, Updated October 12, 2021