Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-23
Keywords
ZnO; SrTiO3; Epitaxial
Funding
- 973 program [2012CB921304, 2012CB619306]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [60990313, 51202057]
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Wurtzite ZnO thin films with different epitaxial relationships are obtained on as-received and etched (001), (011), and (111) SrTiO3 (STO) by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). ZnO films exhibit nonpolar (1120) orientation with in-plane orientation relationship of < 0001 >(ZnO)//< 110 >(STO) on as-received (001) STO, and polar c-axis growth with < 1100 >(ZnO)//< 110 >(STO) on etched (001) STO substrates. ZnO films change from polar (0001) to semipolar (1012) oriented on as-received and etched (011) STO. On as-received and etched (111) STO, ZnO films show the same growing direction of polar (0001), but different in-plane orientations with 30A degrees rotation. The change of epitaxial relationship of ZnO films on as-received and etched (001), (011), and (111) STO substrates is accompanied with the increase of lattice mismatch, decrease of bond density, and increase of substrate surface roughness. In other words, the epitaxial relationships of ZnO/STO heterointerfaces can be controlled by etching the substrates. These results show that polar, nonpolar, and semipolar ZnO films for different applications can be grown epitaxially on STO substrates by MOCVD.
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