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Microscopic Morphology of Gallium Clusters on GaAs(001)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

T. D. Lowes
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Department of Physics, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7
M. Zinke-Allmang
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Department of Physics, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7
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Abstract

A microscopic study of the system Ga/GaAs(001) is presented to explain the origin for different Ga cluster shapes on a single surface. The model is based on the finding that a significant fraction of the Ga clusters reaches below the GaAs surface plane and the shape of these depressions represents a minimum energy configuration if low-index planes are formed. Other metal/compound semiconductor systems may display similar shape modifications.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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