Film/substrate orientation relationship in the AlN/6H-SiC epitaxial system

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作者
Stemmer, S
Pirouz, P
Ikuhara, Y
Davis, RF
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[1] JAPAN FINE CERAM CTR,NAGOYA,AICHI 456,JAPAN
[2] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,RALEIGH,NC 27695
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1797
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
AIN has been grown on the (0001) basal and (<1(1)over bar 00>) prism faces of 6H-SiC. High resolution transmission electron microscopy studies show that, despite the very different symmetries of these two substrate planes and their polar and nonpolar natures, the film/substrate orientation relationship is identical for both systems. It is shown that this result is consistent with a geometrical method recently proposed for determining the orientation relationship between two crystals in a bicrystal.
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页码:1797 / 1800
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