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Heteroepitaxial growth and structural analysis of epitaxial α–Fe2O3(1010) on TiO2(001)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Joshua R. Williams ,
Chongmin Wang  and
Scott A. Chambers
Joshua R. Williams
Affiliation:
Fundamental Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
Chongmin Wang
Affiliation:
Fundamental Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
Scott A. Chambers*
Affiliation:
Fundamental Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: sa.chambers@pnl.gov
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Abstract

We grew epitaxial α–Fe2O3(1010) on TiO2(001) rutile by oxygen plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), and x-ray diffraction pole figures confirm that the film is composed of four different in-plane orientations rotated by 90° relative to one another. For a given Fe2O3 unit cell, the lattice mismatch along the parallel [0001]Fe2O3 and [100]TiO2 directions is nominally +67%. However, due to a 3-fold repetition of the slightly distorted square symmetry of anion positions within the Fe2O3 unit cell, there is a coincidental anion alignment along the [0001]Fe2O3 and [100]TiO2 directions, which results in an effective lattice mismatch of only −0.02% along this direction. The lattice mismatch is nearly 10% in the orthogonal [1120]Fe2O3 and [100]TiO2 directions. The film is highly ordered and well registered to the substrate despite a large lattice mismatch in one direction. The film grows in registry with the substrate along the parallel [0001]Fe2O3 and [100]TiO2 directions and nucleates dislocations along the orthogonal [1120]Fe2O3 [100]TiO2 directions.

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Crystallographic structureEpitaxyMolecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , May 2005 , pp. 1250 - 1256
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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