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Comparative study of heteroepitaxial domain growth Mg0.4Zn0.6O alloy films on LaAlO3 and MgO substrates

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Cubic-phase heteroepitaxial domain Mg0.4Zn0.6O films have been realized on both LaAlO3(100) and MgO (100) substrates using pulsed laser deposition. Different domain matching epitaxy relationships were obtained due to the different lattice mismatch between the films and substrates. A 45° rotated diagonal domain growth (2 diagonal units of Mg0.4Zn0.6O to 3 units of LAO) results in a mismatch of less than 2%. Meanwhile a perfectly matched cube-on-cube relationship is demonstrated in the Mg0.4Zn0.6O/MgO structure. X-ray diffraction confirms that substrates have little effects on the lattice parameters of the Mg0.4Zn0.6O films.

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  1. School of Physics and Engineering, Institute for Solar Energy Systems, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

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  2. Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

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Zhuang, L., Wong, K.H. & Shen, H. Comparative study of heteroepitaxial domain growth Mg0.4Zn0.6O alloy films on LaAlO3 and MgO substrates. Appl. Phys. A 97, 889–894 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5355-3

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