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Growth and Purity of Epitaxial Compounds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

C. P. Flynn  and
M.-H. Yang
C. P. Flynn
Affiliation:
Physics Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL. 61801
M.-H. Yang
Affiliation:
Physics Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL. 61801
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Abstract

We report experience in our laboratory with the growth of epitaxial compounds using molecular beam epitaxy. These include the L12 structures, Laves phases, perovskite, bixbyite and spinels, with complicated structures and up to 80 atoms per cell. In many cases the growth takes place with surprising ease, even though the complexity of the process verges on self assembly. The paper describes diffusion measurements in epitaxial MgO directed towards the determination of impurity content and the level of structural defects. The synthesis of ‘ultrapure’ epitaxial MgO, and the resulting properties is described.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 401: Symposium G – Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films II , 1995 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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