Application of GISAXS in the Investigation of Three-Dimensional Lattices of Nanostructures
by
Lovro Basioli 1
, Krešimir Salamon 1, Marija Tkalčević 1, Igor Mekterović 2, Sigrid Bernstorff 3 and 
Maja Mičetić 1,*
, Krešimir Salamon 1, Marija Tkalčević 1, Igor Mekterović 2, Sigrid Bernstorff 3 and
Maja Mičetić 1,*
1
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
2
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Unska 3, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
3
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Strada Statale 14 km 163,500 in AREA Science Park, Basovizza/Trieste 34149, Italy
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Crystals 2019, 9(9), 479; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9090479
Received: 22 July 2019 / Revised: 9 September 2019 / Accepted: 10 September 2019 / Published: 13 September 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Investigation of Nanostructures with X-ray Scattering Techniques)
The application of the grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) technique for the investigation of three-dimensional lattices of nanostructures is demonstrated. A successful analysis of three-dimensionally ordered nanostructures requires applying a suitable model for the description of the nanostructure ordering. Otherwise, it is possible to get a good agreement between the experimental and the simulated data, but the parameters obtained by fitting may be completely incorrect. In this paper, we theoretically examine systems having different types of nanostructure ordering, and we show how the choice of the correct model for the description of ordering influences the analysis results. Several theoretical models are compared in order to show how to use GISAXS in the investigation of self-assembled arrays of nanoparticles, and also in arrays of nanostructures obtained by ion-beam treatment of thin films or surfaces. All models are supported by experimental data, and the possibilities and limitations of GISAXS for the determination of material structure are discussed.
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Keywords:
GISAXS; quantum dot (QD) lattices; structure determination
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Basioli, L.; Salamon, K.; Tkalčević, M.; Mekterović, I.; Bernstorff, S.; Mičetić, M. Application of GISAXS in the Investigation of Three-Dimensional Lattices of Nanostructures. Crystals 2019, 9, 479.
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