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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Employed for a long time in optical disks, Ge2Sb2Te5 is nowadays considered the most promising material also for phase-change nonvolatile memories. In the current paper, Ge–Sb–Te phase-change material thin films with a nominal composition of Ge2Sb2Te5 were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on slightly mismatched GaSb and InAs substrates with (001) and (111) orientations. In situ quadrupole mass spectrometry and reflection high-energy electron diffraction allowed tight control of the growth parameters, revealing that Ge2Sb2Te5 grows in epitaxial fashion only within a narrow window of substrate temperatures around 200 °C. Smooth surfaces were achieved solely on (111)-oriented substrates. Rough surfaces and interfaces were observed by transmission electron microscopy for films grown on (001)-oriented substrates. Whereas films deposited on (001) substrates possess two different vertical epitaxial …
Publisher: 
American Chemical Society
Publication date: 
5 Oct 2011
Authors: 

Ferhat Katmis, Raffaella Calarco, Karthick Perumal, Peter Rodenbach, Alessandro Giussani, Michael Hanke, André Proessdorf, Achim Trampert, Frank Grosse, Roman Shayduk, Richard Campion, Wolfgang Braun, Henning Riechert

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Volume: 11 Issue: 10 Pages: 4606-4610
Origin: 
Crystal growth & design