Curved-Lattice Epitaxial Growth of InxAl1–xN Nanospirals with Tailored Chirality
Author(s) -
ChingLien Hsiao,
Roger Magnusson,
Justinas Pališaitis,
Per Sandström,
Per O. Å. Persson,
Sergiy Valyukh,
Lars Hultman,
Kenneth Järrendahl,
Jens Birch
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.853
H-Index - 488
eISSN - 1530-6992
pISSN - 1530-6984
DOI - 10.1021/nl503564k
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , epitaxy , materials science , lattice (music) , condensed matter physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , ellipsometry , crystallography , optics , molecular physics , thin film , nanotechnology , chemistry , physics , chiral symmetry , layer (electronics) , quantum mechanics , acoustics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Chirality, tailored by external morphology and internal composition, has been realized by controlled curved-lattice epitaxial growth of In(x)Al(1-x)N nanospirals. The curved morphology of the spiral segments is a result of a lateral compositional gradient while maintaining a preferred crystallographic growth direction, implying a lateral gradient in optical properties. Individual nanospirals show an asymmetric core-shell structure with curved basal planes. Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry shows that the tailored chirality is manifested in the polarization state of light reflected off the nanospirals.
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