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Structural Variants in Attempted Heteroepitaxial Growth of B12As2 on 6H–SiC (0001)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

J.R. Michael ,
T.L. Aselage ,
David Emin  and
P.G. Kotula
J.R. Michael
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
T.L. Aselage
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
David Emin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
P.G. Kotula
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
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Abstract

Boron sub-arsenide, B12As2, is based on twelve-atom clusters of boron atoms and two-atom As–As chains. By contrast, SiC is a tetrahedrally bonded covalent semiconductor. Despite these fundamental differences, the basal plane hexagonal lattice constant of boron sub-arsenide is twice that of SiC. This coincidence suggests the possibility of heteroepitaxial growth of boron sub-arsenide films on properly aligned SiC. However, there are a variety of incommensurate alignments by which heteroepitaxial growth of B12As2 on (0001) 6H–SiC can occur. In this study, we first used geometrical crystallographic considerations to describe the possible arrangements of B12As2 on (0001) 6H–SiC. We identified four translational and two rotational variants. We then analyzed electron backscattered diffraction and transmission electron microscopy images for evidence of distinct domains of such structural variants. Micron-scale regions with each of the two possible rotational alignments of B12As2 icosahedra with the SiC surface were seen. On a finer length scale (100–300 nm) within these regions, boron-rich boundaries were found, consistent with those between pairs of the four equivalent translational variants associated with a two-to-one lattice match. Boron-carbide reaction layers were also observed at interfaces between SiC and B12As2.

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Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)Crystallographic structureEpitaxy
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 2005 , pp. 3004 - 3010
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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