CROSS-SECTIONAL LATERAL-FORCE MICROSCOPY OF SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES AND MULTIPLE-QUANTUM WELLS

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BRATINA, G [1 ]
VANZETTI, L [1 ]
FRANCIOSI, A [1 ]
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[1] IST NAZL FIS MAT, TECNOL AVANZATE SUPERFICI & CATALISI LAB, I-34012 TRIESTE, ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.R8625
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08 ;
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Lateral-force microscopy and atomic-force microscopy were employed to investigate (110) cross sections of ZnSe-GaAs(001) and In1-xGaxP/GaAs(001) heterostructures, as well as Zn1-xCdxSe/ZnSe multiple-quantum-well structures grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. Differences in the dynamic friction coefficient were successfully exploited to image interfaces in air with a lateral resolution better than 3-5 nm for all heterostructures.
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页码:R8625 / R8628
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