Langmuir evaporation of GaAs(1 1 1)A and GaAs(1 1 1)B: Monte Carlo simulation
| Autor: | N.L. Shwartz, A.A. Spirina, V.L. Alperovich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Langmuir
Materials science Annealing (metallurgy) Monte Carlo method Analytical chemistry General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Surfaces and Interfaces General Chemistry Activation energy 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Surfaces Coatings and Films chemistry Vacancy defect Desorption Gallium 0210 nano-technology Vicinal |
| Zdroj: | Applied Surface Science. 540:148281 |
| ISSN: | 0169-4332 |
| Popis: | The Langmuir evaporation (LE) of GaAs vicinal surfaces with various crystallographic orientations is analyzed at the atomistic level by Monte Carlo simulation. The evolution of the surface morphology and LE characteristics (gallium and arsenic evaporation rates, congruent evaporation temperature Tc, effective activation energy of Ga desorption) are studied under the increasing annealing temperature for GaAs(1 1 1)A and GaAs(1 1 1)B singular, and vicinal surfaces with various atomic step density. At low temperatures T Tc, the characteristics and crystallographic orientation specificity of surface morphology are determined by the formation of liquid Ga droplets. It is shown by simulation that, as compared to the (1 1 1)B surface, on the (1 1 1)A surface, the congruent evaporation temperature is substantially higher and is more sensitive to the atomic step density, as well as to the concentration of intentionally introduced defects on the terraces of the initial step-terraced surface. These observations are explained by two morphological peculiarities of LE on (1 1 1)A and B surfaces: (i) on the (1 1 1)A surface, Ga droplets penetrate deep into the substrate; (ii) on the (1 1 1)B surface, vacancy islands are more readily formed on terraces. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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