Growth of nonpolar (112¯) ZnO films on LaAlO3 (001) substrates

Abstract

Growth and structural properties of ZnO films on ( 10 − 10 ) m -plane sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

Growth and characterization of nonpolar a-plane ZnO films on perovskite oxides with thin homointerlayer

“…This observation might be due to an existence of two kinds of growth domain perpendicular to each other in (1 1 0) ZnO grown on STO [13]. The same phenomenon has been observed in ZnO (1 1 0)/LaAlO 3 (1 0 0) system [14].…”

“…3(a)) of ZnO epilayer on the STO reveals a dense crystalline film with no macroscopic imperfection; the total thickness of the ZnO layer was about 430 nm, conforming to the design value. [14,15]. However, such an orthogonal domain structure was not observed in the epitaxial nonpolar Al-doped ZnO epilayer on the STO (1 0 0) [10].…”

Crystal orientation dependent thermoelectric properties of highly oriented aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films

“…2(c)). 10 The mixed orientation in film D is related to the formation of oxygen vacancies in the films at T s > 600 K (an effect which will be discussed in detail later), which tends to relax 11 the lattice causing the occurrence of both types of growth directions. The lattice constants obtained from XRD analysis are shown in Table I.…”

The influence of inserted ZnO underlayer on the growth behavior of a-plane GaN on (001) LaAlO3

“…In some previous reports, the c-axis of ZnO grown on cubic surfaces of (0 0 1) SrTiO 3 (STO) and (0 0 1) LAO was found to have slight deviation about 21 from the directions of [1 1 0] STO, LAO [8,10]. Moreover, a-plane ZnO domains likely grew along the boundary of (1 1 0 2) ZnO which have about 431 rotation from the c-plane of ZnO [11]. Such results imply that ZnO domains deposited on (0 0 1) LAO could have r-plane twin structures.…”