Deterioration of Mechanical Properties of MBE-Grown, Metastable Semiconductor Layer with Time: the Case of Zinc Blende MnTe

• Authors: S. Adamiak , E. Dynowska , A. Dziedzic , K. Szmuc , E. Janik , M. Wiater , T. Wojtowicz , W. Szuszkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Several few μm thick (001)-oriented, metastable MnTe layers with the zinc blende structure grown onto (001)GaAs substrate by MBE during different periods for the last twenty years were investigated by the scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and nanoindentation methods. A partial decomposition of the oldest investigated layers was demonstrated. An important decrease of Young's modulus from about 34 GPa to about 17 GPa, resulting from a deterioration of the crystal structure of such layers, was found.

Keywords

EN

61.05.cp; 62.20.-x; 64.60.My

Discipline

• 64.60.My: Metastable phases
• 62.20.-x: Mechanical properties of solids
• 61.05.cp: X-ray diffraction

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 130
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1248-1250

Dates

published

2016-11

Contributors

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S. Adamiak

• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, S. Pigonia 1, PL-35310 Rzeszów, Poland

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E. Dynowska

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Dziedzic

• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, S. Pigonia 1, PL-35310 Rzeszów, Poland

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K. Szmuc

• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, S. Pigonia 1, PL-35310 Rzeszów, Poland

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E. Janik

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Wiater

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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T. Wojtowicz

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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W. Szuszkiewicz

• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, S. Pigonia 1, PL-35310 Rzeszów, Poland
• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.130.1248