Published October 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Formation mechanisms of self-assembled ZnSe nanostructures on Cl-doped ZnSe thin films grown on (100) GaAs substrates

  • 1. Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Advanced Semiconductor Research Center, Division of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)

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Bright-field transmission electron microscopy images, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images, energy dispersive spectroscopy profiles, and high-resolution x-ray diffraction curves showed that a high density of ZnSe nanostructures with a small size was formed on the Cl-doped ZnSe thin films grown on GaAs substrates. The formation of the ZnSe nanostructures was attributed to the strain energy resulting from the existence of the compressive strain generated by the accumulation of Cl impurities on the surface of the ZnSe thin film and from the residual strain existing in the ZnSe thin film with a thin thickness

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
91
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 141921-141921.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics