Size-dependent shape and tilt transitions in In 2O 3 nanoislands grown on cubic Y-stabilized ZrO 2(001) by molecular beam epitaxy

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6717-6729

  Zhang, Kelvin H L ^a   Bourlange, Anne ^a   Egdell, Russell G ^a   Collins, Stephen P ^b   Bean, Richard J ^c   Robinson, Ian K ^c   Cowley, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epitaxy; indium oxide; reciprocal space mapping; synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

FOUR-FOLD SYMMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY STRAINED; INDIUM OXIDE; ISLAND SIZE; ISO SURFACE; LATERAL SIZES; NANO-ISLANDS; NANOSCALE ISLANDS; RECIPROCAL SPACE; RECIPROCAL SPACE MAPPING; SMALL ISLAND; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; X RAY BEAM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INDIUM; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

INDIUM; INDIUM OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; INDIUM; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84865584969     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301382j     Document Type: Article

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