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The Mechanism of Twinning in Zincblende Structure Crystals: New Insights on Polarity Effects From a Study of Magnetic Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski Grown Inp Single Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Dudley ,
B. Raghothamachar ,
Y. Guo ,
X. R. Huang ,
H. Chung ,
D. J. Larson Jr. ,
D. T. J. Hurle ,
D. F. Bliss ,
V. Prasad  and
Z. Huang
M. Dudley
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
B. Raghothamachar
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
Y. Guo
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
X. R. Huang
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
H. Chung
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
D. J. Larson Jr.
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
D. T. J. Hurle
Affiliation:
H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
D. F. Bliss
Affiliation:
USAF Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
V. Prasad
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Strony Brook, NY 11794-2300, USA
Z. Huang
Affiliation:
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637
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Abstract

Synchrotron White Beam X-ray Topography (SWBXT) and synchrotron X-ray anomalous scattering have been employed to determine the polarity of {111} edge facets, anchored to the three phase boundary (TPB) on which twinning is observed to nucleate in Magnetic Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski (MLEC) grown sulfur doped, <001> InP single crystals. Analysis of the results indicates that both the formation of edge facets and the nucleation of twins occur preferentially on {111}P faces. Of the four possible sets of edge facets, belonging to the {111}P form, which are oriented so as to be thermodynamically favored to be anchored to the TPB, two can give rise to a {115} to {111}P external shoulder facet conversion upon twinning, while the other two can give rise to a {114} to {110} conversion. For these cases, twinning is only observed when the {111}P edge facets are anchored to the TPB in a region where the shoulder angle is close to 74.21° or 70.53°, facilitating the production of the {115} and {114} external shoulder facets, respectively, prior to twinning. These observations are discussed in light of calculated surface energies of the various internal and external facets.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 524: Symposium V – Application of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques…IV , 1998 , 65
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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