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Electron Beam Irradiation Induced Structural Modulation and Damage in GaN Nano Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

H.P. Sun ,
H. Li ,
H.D. Li ,
G.T. Zou ,
Z. Zhang  and
X.Q. Pan
H.P. Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , 48109
H. Li
Affiliation:
Beijing Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, CAS, Beijing , 100080, P.R. China
H.D. Li
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, P.R. China
G.T. Zou
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, P.R. China
Z. Zhang
Affiliation:
Beijing Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, CAS, Beijing , 100080, P.R. China
X.Q. Pan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , 48109
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Abstract

GaN is a semiconductor material with promising applications in display and laser devices. GaNbased thin films have been grown by various methods and intensively investigated. Additionally, GaN nano particles have been prepared by various different methods. in this paper, we report our new finding of the structural modulation of GaN nano crystals induced by electron beam irradiation within a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The origin of the modulation structure is due to the ordering of N vacancies in the GaN nano crystals.

The GaN nano crystals were prepared by d.c arc plasma method. A Philips CM200 TEM with a field emission gun (FEG) operating at 200KV was used in this study. The GaN nano crystals normally show hexagonal shape (see Fig.la). Corresponding electron diffraction pattern along [0001] axis indicates the Wurtzite structure (see Fig. lb). It was unexpected that satellite reflections gradually appeared in the diffraction pattern after the GaN nano crystal had been exposed to the electron beam (see Fig.lc-d).

Type
Microscopy in the Real World: Semiconductors and Materials
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2001, Microscopy Society of America 59th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 35th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California August 5-9, 2001 , August 2001 , pp. 492 - 493
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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