Equilibrium shape of nano-cavities in H implanted ZnO
Author(s) -
K. S. Chan,
Lasse Vines,
Li Li,
C. Jagadish,
B. G. Svensson,
J. WongLeung
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.4921788
Subject(s) - vicinal , annealing (glass) , materials science , adsorption , nano , surface energy , ion implantation , surface structure , crystallography , chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , ion , organic chemistry
Thermally equilibrated nano-cavities are formed in ZnO by H implantation and subsequent high temperature annealing to determine the relative surface formation energies and step energies of ZnO from reverse Wulff construction and related analysis. H adsorption, vicinal surfaces, and surface polarity are found to play an important role in determining the final thermal equilibrium shape of the nano-cavities. Under H coverage, the O-terminated surface shows a significantly lower surface formation energy than the Zn-terminated surface.
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