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Room Temperature Fabrication of (ZnO)x(InN)1-xfilms with Step-Terrace Structure by RF Magnetron Sputtering
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2016
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We study effects of deposition temperature on growth mode and surface morphologyof hetero-epitaxial (ZnO)x(InN)1-x (ZION) films on ZnOtemplates. ZION films deposited at low temperature of RT-250oC growtwo dimensionally, whereas ZION films deposited at high temperature of350-450oC grow three dimensionally. Growth mode is changed fromtwo-dimensional growth mode to three-dimensional one, because the criticalthickness where film strain begin to relax decreases with increasing thedeposition temperature. At high deposition temperatures, the number of pointdefects in ZION films decreases because migration of adatoms on the growingsurface is enhanced. The strain energy in ZION films increases with increasingthe deposition temperature, since the strain energy is not released by pointdefects. Therefore, lattice relaxation for the higher deposition temperaturebegins at the smaller film thickness to release the strain energy. As a result,ZION films with atomically-flat surface were obtained even at RT.
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