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Morphology and Atomic Structure of Grain Boundaries in GaN Grown by MOVPE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Eriko Takuma ,
Hideki Ichinose ,
Sakuntam Sanorpim  and
Kentaro Onabe
Eriko Takuma
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Hideki Ichinose
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Sakuntam Sanorpim
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN.
Kentaro Onabe
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN.
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Abstract

The morphology and the atomic structure of a hexagonal gallium nitride (h-GaN) grain boundary was investigated employing a conventional TEM and an atomic resolution high voltage transmission electron microscope (ARHVTEM).

GaN was grown on a patterned GaAs (001) substrate by the metalorganic vaporphase epitaxy (MOVPE) method using selective area growth (SAG) and epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) process. The pattern mask was aligned along [110] direction of the GaAs (001) substrate. Cubic GaN (c-GaN) grew in the window of the patterned substrate. h-GaN was nucleated on the {111} plane of the c-GaN and grew in the lateral direction to fabricate a grain boundary in the halfway between two masks. The resulting symmetric tilt grain boundary was a Σ 9 CSL boundary. The boundary plane was in most cases parallel to the {3308} plane. Structural analysis revealed that the boundaries consist of ordinary 6-memebered rings and some 5-membered and 7-membered rings. Additionally, the expected atomic bonding angle deviates from the experimental findings. The different bonding angle was attributed to contributions of ionic bonding in GaN.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 727: Symposium R – Nanostructured Interfaces , 2002 , R9.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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