Atypical grain growth for (2 1 1) CdTe films deposited on surface reconstructed (1 0 0) SrTiO 3 substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5674-5681

  Neretina, S ^a   Hughes, R A ^b   Devenyi, G A ^a,b   Sochinskii, N V ^c   Preston, J S ^a,b   Mascher, P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

(211) CdTe; c(4 2); c(6 2); Film; Miscut; SrTiO 3; Steps and terraces; Surface reconstruction; Vicinal

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; FILMS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CDTE; MISCUT; SRTIO3; STEPS AND TERRACES; VICINAL;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 60949084914     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.12.050     Document Type: Article

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