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Self-Assembled GdSi2 Nanostructures Grown on Si(001) Studied by TEM and STM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Gangfeng Ye ,
Martin A. Crimp  and
Jun Nogami
Gangfeng Ye
Affiliation:
yegangfe@egr.msu.edu, Michigan State University, 2527 Engineering Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
Martin A. Crimp
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1226USA
Jun Nogami
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3E4
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Abstract

Self-assembled gadolinium silicide (GdSi2) nanostructures grown on Si(001) were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Cross-sectional TEM and plan-view TEM moiré fringe pattern analyses show that the GdSi2 nanostructures can be divided into two classes: elongated nanowires with hexagonal crystal structure and rectangular islands with orthorhombic or tetragonal crystal structure.

Keywords

nanostructureself-assemblytransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 901: Symposium R – Assembly at the Nanoscale – Toward Functional Nanostructured Materials , 2005 , 0901-Ra13-05
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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