High-quality aluminium nitride (AlN) heteroepitaxial films are obtained by the controlled discretization and coalescence of columns using nanopatterned AlN/sapphire templates with regular hexagonal holes. The density of dislocation etch pits in the AlN heteroepitaxial films is reduced to approximately 104 cm–2, approaching the value of that in AlN bulk single crystals.
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A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality. Nat. Mater. 22, 816–817 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01574-5
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