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- Title
Structure and Electron Mobility of ScN Films Grown on α-Al2O3(11¯02) Substrates.
- Authors
Ohgaki, Takeshi; Sakaguchi, Isao; Ohashi, Naoki
- Abstract
Scandium nitride (ScN) films were grown on α-Al2O3( 1 1 ¯ 02 ) substrates using the molecular beam epitaxy method, and the heteroepitaxial growth of ScN on α-Al2O3( 1 1 ¯ 02 ) and their electric properties were studied. Epitaxial ScN films with an orientation relationship (100)ScN || ( 1 1 ¯ 02 )α-Al2O3 and [001]ScN || [ 11 2 ¯ 0 ]α-Al2O3 were grown on α-Al2O3( 1 1 ¯ 02 ) substrates. Their crystalline orientation anisotropy was found to be small. In addition, [100] of the ScN films were tilted along [ 1 ¯ 101 ] of α-Al2O3( 1 1 ¯ 02 ) in the initial stage of growth. The tilt angle between the film growth direction and [100] of ScN was 1.4–2.0° and increased with growth temperature. The crystallinity of the ScN films also improved with the increasing growth temperature. The film with the highest Hall mobility was obtained at the boundary growth conditions determined by the relationship between the crystallinity and the nonstoichiometric composition because the film with the highest crystallinity was obtained under the Sc-rich growth condition. The decreased Hall mobility with a simultaneous improvement in film crystallinity was caused by the increased carrier scattering by the ionized donors originating from the nonstoichiometric composition.
- Subjects
SCANDIUM compounds; SUBSTRATES (Materials science); MOLECULAR beam epitaxy; CRYSTALLINITY; NONSTOICHIOMETRIC compounds; SCATTERING (Physics)
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2018, Vol 11, Issue 12, p2449
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma11122449