Germanium nanostructures deposited by the cluster-beam evaporation technique

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作者
Nozaki, S [1 ]
Sato, S [1 ]
Ono, H [1 ]
Morisaki, H [1 ]
Iwase, M [1 ]
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[1] TOKAI UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,HIRATSUKA,KANAGAWA 25912,JAPAN
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10.1016/S0168-583X(96)00376-X
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The Ge nanostructures were deposited on substrates whose temperature was kept at room or liquid nitrogen (LN(2)) temperature by the cluster-beam evaporation technique. The deposited film is found to consist of the tetragonal crystalline structure, not the diamond structure in bulk Ge. Such a phase transition is theoretically predicted for sizes smaller than 4 nm, which agrees with the sizes measured by the transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Ge film deposited at LN(2) temperature exhibits unique properties such as photo-oxidation and blue-light emission.
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