1. Surface reconstructions and transport of epitaxial PtLuSb (001) thin films grown by MBE.
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Patel, Sahil J., Logan, John A., Harrington, Sean D., Schultz, Brian D., and Palmstrøm, Chris J.
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SURFACE reconstruction , *MOLECULAR beam epitaxy , *THIN films , *ANTIMONY , *DIMERIZATION , *PHASE diagrams - Abstract
This work presents the surface reconstructions and transport properties of the topological insulator PtLuSb grown on Al 0.1 In 0.9 Sb/GaAs (001). Two stable surface reconstructions, (1×3) and c(2×2), were observed on PtLuSb (001) surfaces. Antimony-dimerization was determined to be the nature of the (1×3) surface reconstruction as evidenced by chemical binding energy shifts in the antimony 4d core-level for surface bonding components. The two surface reconstructions were studied as a function of Sb 4 overpressure and substrate temperature to create a reconstruction phase diagram. From this reconstruction phase diagram, a growth window from 320 °C to 380 °C using an antimony overpressure was identified. Within this window, the highest quality films were grown at a growth temperature of 380 °C. These films exhibited lower p-type carrier concentrations as well as relatively high hole mobilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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