Pseudomorphic ZnO-based heterostructures: From polar through all semipolar to nonpolar orientations

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 351-360

  Grundmann, Marius ^a,b   Zúñiga Pérez, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CRHEA CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AlGaN; CdZnO; Heterostructure; InGaN; MgZnO; Semipolar; Strain; Wurtzite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OXIDE MINERALS; POLARIZATION; STRAIN; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ALGAN; CDZNO; INGAN; MGZNO; SEMIPOLAR; WURTZITES;

STRAIN ENERGY;

EID: 84946927484     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201552535     Document Type: Article

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