Formation of Epitaxial Oxide Nanodots on Oxide Substrate: Cu₂O on SrTiO₃(100)
Journal Article
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· Surface Science, 589(1-3):120-128
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis during the oxygen plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy, combined with atomic force microscopy, scanning Auger microscopy, and theoretical simulation studies have been used to evaluate the mechanism of single-phase Cu₂O nanodot formation on the SrTiO₃(100) surface. Formation of pure crystalline Cu₂O nanodots occurs rather in a narrow growth parameter window, outside which a coexistence of the multiple phases has been observed. Cuprous oxide nanodots on the SrTiO₃(100) substrate follow a growth mechanism which differs significantly from the growth modes observed for the majority of semiconductor quantum dots. Growth starts without wetting layer formation with appearance of well-ordered truncated square-based nanodots at submonolayer coverages. At the initial stages of growth, the nanodot size is only weakly changes with coverage and exponentially scales with temperature. After reaching a critical, temperature dependent dot density (~ 10¹³ cm-² for 760 K growth temperature), growth of mid-sized nanoclusters starts through coalescence, which is eventually followed by large dome-shaped cluster formation at higher coverages. The coexistence of the different types of the clusters at high coverages results in a multi-modal distribution of sizes and shapes.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 15020811
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-43524; 3460; KC0302010
- Journal Information:
- Surface Science, 589(1-3):120-128, Journal Name: Surface Science, 589(1-3):120-128
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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