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Straining Nanomembranes via Highly Mismatched Heteroepitaxial Growth: In As Islands on Compliant Si Substrates

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Author(s):
Deneke, Christoph [1, 2] ; Malachias, Angelo [3] ; Rastelli, Armando [1, 4] ; Merces, Leandro [2] ; Huang, Minghuang [5] ; Cavallo, Francesca [5] ; Schmidt, Oliver G. [1] ; Lagally, Max G. [5]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] IFW Dresden, Inst Integrat Nanosci, D-01069 Dresden - Germany
[2] Lab Nacl Nanotecnol LNNano, BR-13083100 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Dept Fis, BR-30123970 Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[4] Johannes Kepler Univ Linz, Inst Semicond & Solid State Phys, A-4040 Linz - Austria
[5] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Madison, WI 53706 - USA
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: ACS NANO; v. 6, n. 11, p. 10287-10295, NOV 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 18
Abstract

Freestanding, edge-supported silicon nanomembranes are defined by selective underetching of patterned silicon-on-insulator substrates. The membranes are afterward introduced into a molecular beam epitaxy chamber and overgrown with InAs, resulting in the formation of InAs Islands on flat areas and at the top of the SI nanomembranes. A detailed analysis of sample morphology, island structure, and strain is carried out. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the membrane stays intact during overgrowth. Atomic force microscopy reveals a lower island density on top of the freestanding membranes, denoting a modified wetting or diffusivity in these areas. An observed bending of the membrane indicates a strain transfer from the InAs islands to the compliant substrate. X-ray diffraction and finite-element modeling indicate a nonuniform strain state of the island ensemble grown on the freestanding membrane:A simulation of the bending of the nanomembmnes indicates that the islands at the center of the freestanding area are highly strained, whereas islands on the border tend to be fully relaxed. Finally, continuum elasticity calculations suggest that for a sufficiently thin membrane InAs could transfer enough strain to the membrane to allow coherent epitaxial growth, something not possible on bulk substrates. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/22945-1 - Overgrowth of free-standing semiconductor membranes
Grantee:Christoph Friedrich Deneke
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants