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Journal
Description: 
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy, and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) have been used to investigate the morphology, structure, and composition of self-assembled Ge islands grown on Si (001) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at different temperatures. Increasing the temperature from 550 °C to 700 °C causes progressive size and shape uniformity, accompanied by enhanced Si-Ge intermixing within the islands and their wetting layer. Elemental maps obtained by energy filtered-TEM (EF-TEM) clearly show pronounced Si concentration not only in correspondence of island base perimeters, but also along their curved surface boundaries. This phenomenon is strengthened by an increase of the growth temperature, being practically negligible at 550 °C, while very remarkable already at 650 °C. The resulting island shape is affected, since this localized Si …
Publisher: 
American Institute of Physics
Publication date: 
21 Jan 2013
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Volume: 113 Issue: 3 Pages: 033513
Origin: 
Journal of Applied Physics