A theoretical study of step edge geometry on sapphire(0001) and its effect on ZnO nucleation

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摘要 Step-edge-inducednucleationplaysakeyroleincontrollingthegrowthofnovelnanostructuresandlow-dimensionalmaterials.However,itisdifficulttoexperimentallydeterminethestepedgestructuresofcomplexmetaloxides.Inthiswork,wepresentadetailedtheoreticalstudyofthestabilityofstoichiometTicstepsonsapphire(OOOl).Basedonfirst-principlescalculationsandexcesschargecomputationbyFinnis1approach,apairofnon-polarstepedgesaredeterminedtobethemoststable.BystudyingtheadsorptioncharacteristicsofZnOandcombiningpreviousworks,wesuccessfullyexplainedhowgrowthtemperatureanddepositionrateaffectthein-planeorientationofZnOgrownonsapphire(OOOl).Theknowledgeonthestepedgestructuresandnucleationpatternswouldbenefitthestudyonstep-edge-guidednanostructuregrowth.
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出版日期 2019年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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