Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/8629
Title: Effects of anisotropic surface drift diffusion on the strained heteroepitaxial nanoislands subjected to electromigration stressing
Authors: Ogurtani, Tarik Omer
Celik, Aytac
Ören, Ersin Emre
Keywords: Single-Crystal Films
Thin-Film
Morphological Instability
Irreversible-Processes
Reciprocal Relations
Evolution
Capillary
Islands
Driven
Ge
Publisher: AIP Publishing
Source: Ogurtani, T. O., Celik, A., & Oren, E. E. (2022). Effects of anisotropic surface drift diffusion on the strained heteroepitaxial nanoislands subjected to electromigration stressing. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(7), 075301.
Abstract: A systematic study based on self-consistent dynamical simulations is presented for the morphological evolutionary behavior of an isolated thin Ge/Si nanoisland (quantum dot) on a rigid substrate exposed to electromigration forces. This morphological evolution is basically induced by the anisotropic surface drift diffusion, driven by the capillary forces, the lattice mismatch stresses, and the wetting potential. In this study, we have mainly focused on the size and shape development kinetics of quantum dots, known as the Stranski-Krastanov (SK) morphology, influenced by applied electromigration stresses. Emphasis is given to the effects of rotational symmetry associated with the anisotropic diffusivity in 2D space (i.e., quantum wires in 3D). The pointed bullet-shaped Stranski-Krastanov islands with high aspect ratios, xi = 0.77, are formed at the cathode edge, while the whole nanoisland slightly creeps out of the initial computational domain. The favorable configuration of the Ge-20/Si-80 alloy test module, which resulted in zeta = 0.37 enhancement in the contour surface area, has a dome shape attached to the [010] top surface of the Si substrate with a zone axis of {010}/< 001 >. The anisotropic surface diffusion dyadic has a fourfold rotational symmetry axis [001] lying on the (001) plane of the Si substrate, and its major axis is tilted at about phi = 45 degrees from the applied electrostatic field extended along the longitudinal axis [100] of the substrate. This particular experiment resulted in a SK singlet peak with a small satellite with a very small aspect ratio of approximately equal to 0.2 that may be appropriate for the conception of quantum optoelectronic devices or inter-band structures to generate photoelectrons having large energy spectra, thereby increasing the efficiency of photovoltaics exposed to solar radiations.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0067760
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/8629
ISSN: 0021-8979
1089-7550
Appears in Collections:Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Biomedical Engineering
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