Lazarevicite-type short-range ordering in ternary III-V nanowires

M. Schnedler, I. Lefebvre, T. Xu, V. Portz, G. Patriarche, J. P. Nys, S. R. Plissard, P. Caroff, M. Berthe, H. Eisele, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, Ph Ebert, B. Grandidier

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    Abstract

    Stabilizing ordering instead of randomness in alloy semiconductor materials is a powerful means to change their physical properties. We used scanning tunneling and transmission electron microscopies to reveal the existence of an unrecognized ordering in ternary III-V materials. The lazarevicite short-range order, found in the shell of InAs1-xSbx nanowires, is driven by the strong Sb-Sb repulsion along (110) atomic chains during their incorporation on unreconstructed {110} sidewalls. Its spontaneous formation under group-III-rich conditions of growth offers the prospect to broaden the limited classes of ordered structures occurring in III-V semiconductor alloys.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number195306
    JournalPhysical Review B
    Volume94
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

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