Size dependent bandgap of molecular beam epitaxy grown InN quantum dots measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy
Journal Article
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· Journal of Applied Physics
- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012 (India)
- Central Research Laboratory, Bharat Electronics, Bangalore-560013 (India)
InN quantum dots (QDs) were grown on Si (111) by epitaxial Stranski-Krastanow growth mode using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Single-crystalline wurtzite structure of InN QDs was verified by the x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Scanning tunneling microscopy has been used to probe the structural aspects of QDs. A surface bandgap of InN QDs was estimated from scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) I-V curves and found that it is strongly dependent on the size of QDs. The observed size-dependent STS bandgap energy shifts with diameter and height were theoretical explained based on an effective mass approximation with finite-depth square-well potential model.
- OSTI ID:
- 22036786
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 110, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
APPROXIMATIONS
CRYSTAL MODELS
EFFECTIVE MASS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ENERGY GAP
INDIUM NITRIDES
LAYERS
MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
MONOCRYSTALS
PLASMA
QUANTUM DOTS
SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SPECTROSCOPY
SQUARE-WELL POTENTIAL
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TUNNEL EFFECT
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
APPROXIMATIONS
CRYSTAL MODELS
EFFECTIVE MASS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ENERGY GAP
INDIUM NITRIDES
LAYERS
MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
MONOCRYSTALS
PLASMA
QUANTUM DOTS
SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SPECTROSCOPY
SQUARE-WELL POTENTIAL
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TUNNEL EFFECT
X-RAY DIFFRACTION