One-Stage Formation of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal and Spatially Ordered Arrays of Self-Assembled Ge(Si) Nanoislandson Pit-Patterned Silicon-On-Insulator Substrate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. MC Simulation of Heteroepitaxial Growth of Ge on a Pit-Patterned Si(001) Surface
3.2. Formation of an Array of Spatially Ordered Ge(Si) QDs
3.3. Luminescent Properties of the Structures with Ordered Ge(Si) QDs
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Novikov, A.V.; Smagina, Z.V.; Stepikhova, M.V.; Zinovyev, V.A.; Rudin, S.A.; Dyakov, S.A.; Rodyakina, E.E.; Nenashev, A.V.; Sergeev, S.M.; Peretokin, A.V.; et al. One-Stage Formation of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal and Spatially Ordered Arrays of Self-Assembled Ge(Si) Nanoislandson Pit-Patterned Silicon-On-Insulator Substrate. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 909. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040909
Novikov AV, Smagina ZV, Stepikhova MV, Zinovyev VA, Rudin SA, Dyakov SA, Rodyakina EE, Nenashev AV, Sergeev SM, Peretokin AV, et al. One-Stage Formation of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal and Spatially Ordered Arrays of Self-Assembled Ge(Si) Nanoislandson Pit-Patterned Silicon-On-Insulator Substrate. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(4):909. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040909
Chicago/Turabian StyleNovikov, Alexey V., Zhanna V. Smagina, Margarita V. Stepikhova, Vladimir A. Zinovyev, Sergey A. Rudin, Sergey A. Dyakov, Ekaterina E. Rodyakina, Alexey V. Nenashev, Sergey M. Sergeev, Artem V. Peretokin, and et al. 2021. "One-Stage Formation of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal and Spatially Ordered Arrays of Self-Assembled Ge(Si) Nanoislandson Pit-Patterned Silicon-On-Insulator Substrate" Nanomaterials 11, no. 4: 909. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040909