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Self-assembly of BD-rich AxB1−xCyD1−y was studied for a lot of semiconductor alloys. An occurrence of identical clusters should be due to a decrease of the bond energy, internal strain energy or both of them. An arrangement of clusters is disordered since the contents of minority atoms are in the dilute or ultra dilute limits in the considered alloys. B4/32Ga28/32Sb10/32As22/32 semiconductor alloy with the three-dimensional superlattice is presented. Such superlattice should be stable against disordering due to its minimal free energy. The superlattice is formed by the identical cubic units consisting of 64 atoms and is the three-dimensional semiconductor soft X-ray diffraction grating.
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This work was supported by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, México [Grant Number CB-154928].
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Elyukhin, V.A., Sierra, R.P. B4/32Ga28/32Sb10/32As22/32 three-dimensional semiconductor superlattice. Opt Quant Electron 54, 91 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-021-03468-9
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