Abstract
Ferromagnetic Fe and Fe3Si films are grown on GaAs(001) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. This review article summarizes the important aspects of the heteroepitaxial growth and the associated structural properties of the Fe/GaAs and Fe3Si/GaAs heterostructures. The magnetic anisotropy of the thin Fe epilayers is analyzed and correlated to the interface structure, which is determined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The structural and electrical properties of Fe3Si alloys depend on the exact stoichiometry and the long-range atomic ordering that is controlled by the growth conditions during the molecular beam epitaxy. The interface reactivity and the thermal stability are critically discussed for both heterosystems.
Dedicated to Professor Dr. Knut Urban on the occasion of his 65th birthday
Funding statement: The authors thank B. Jenichen, V. M. Kaganer, and H.-P. Schönherr for their active contributions to the work reported here and H. v. Kiedrowski for the TEM sample preparation. The partial support by the German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung under contracts 13N8255 and 01BM907 is gratefully acknowledged
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Professor Dr. Knut Urban 65 Years
- Basic
- Ordering processes and atomic defects in FeCo
- Atomic resolution electron tomography: a dream?
- Electron tomography of microelectronic device interconnects
- Aberration correction in electron microscopy
- Off-axis electron holography: Materials analysis at atomic resolution
- Determination of phases of complex scattering amplitudes and two-particle structure factors by investigating diffractograms of thin amorphous foils
- Prospects of the multislice method for CBED pattern calculation
- Electron energy-loss spectrometry for metals:some thoughts beyond microanalysis
- Quantitative assessment of nanoparticle size distributions from HRTEM images
- Quantitative microstructural and spectroscopic investigation of inversion domain boundaries in sintered zinc oxide ceramics doped with iron oxide
- Structural domains in antiferromagnetic LaFeO3 thin films
- Short-range order of liquid Ti72.3Fe27.7 investigated by a combination of neutron scattering and X-ray diffraction
- Extended interfacial structure between two asymmetrical facets of a Σ = 9 grain boundary in copper
- Dislocation imaging in fcc colloidal single crystals
- Applied
- Omega phase transformation – morphologies and mechanisms
- Mixed (Sr1 − xCax)33Bi24Al48O141 fullerenoids: the defect structure analysed by (S)TEM techniques
- Wetting of aluminium-based complex metallic alloys
- Annealing-induced phase transitions in a Zr–Ti–Nb–Cu–Ni–Al bulk metallic glass matrix composite containing quasicrystalline precipitates
- Special planar defects in the structural complex metallic alloys of Al–Pd–Mn and Al–Ni–Rh
- On the formation of Si nanowires by molecular beam epitaxy
- Self-induced oscillations in Si and other semiconductors
- Growth, interface structure, and magnetic properties of Fe/GaAs and Fe3Si/GaAs hybrid systems
- An investigation of improved titanium/titanium nitride barriers for submicron aluminum-filled contacts by energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy
- Radiation damage during HRTEM studies in pure Al and Al alloys
- Cross-sectional high-resolution transmission electron microscopy at Mo/Si multilayer stacks
- Structural properties of the fiber –matrix interface in carbon-fiber/carbon-matrix composites and interfaces between carbon layers and planar substrates
- Microstructure and properties of surface-treated Timetal 834
- Notifications
- Personal
- Conferences
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Professor Dr. Knut Urban 65 Years
- Basic
- Ordering processes and atomic defects in FeCo
- Atomic resolution electron tomography: a dream?
- Electron tomography of microelectronic device interconnects
- Aberration correction in electron microscopy
- Off-axis electron holography: Materials analysis at atomic resolution
- Determination of phases of complex scattering amplitudes and two-particle structure factors by investigating diffractograms of thin amorphous foils
- Prospects of the multislice method for CBED pattern calculation
- Electron energy-loss spectrometry for metals:some thoughts beyond microanalysis
- Quantitative assessment of nanoparticle size distributions from HRTEM images
- Quantitative microstructural and spectroscopic investigation of inversion domain boundaries in sintered zinc oxide ceramics doped with iron oxide
- Structural domains in antiferromagnetic LaFeO3 thin films
- Short-range order of liquid Ti72.3Fe27.7 investigated by a combination of neutron scattering and X-ray diffraction
- Extended interfacial structure between two asymmetrical facets of a Σ = 9 grain boundary in copper
- Dislocation imaging in fcc colloidal single crystals
- Applied
- Omega phase transformation – morphologies and mechanisms
- Mixed (Sr1 − xCax)33Bi24Al48O141 fullerenoids: the defect structure analysed by (S)TEM techniques
- Wetting of aluminium-based complex metallic alloys
- Annealing-induced phase transitions in a Zr–Ti–Nb–Cu–Ni–Al bulk metallic glass matrix composite containing quasicrystalline precipitates
- Special planar defects in the structural complex metallic alloys of Al–Pd–Mn and Al–Ni–Rh
- On the formation of Si nanowires by molecular beam epitaxy
- Self-induced oscillations in Si and other semiconductors
- Growth, interface structure, and magnetic properties of Fe/GaAs and Fe3Si/GaAs hybrid systems
- An investigation of improved titanium/titanium nitride barriers for submicron aluminum-filled contacts by energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy
- Radiation damage during HRTEM studies in pure Al and Al alloys
- Cross-sectional high-resolution transmission electron microscopy at Mo/Si multilayer stacks
- Structural properties of the fiber –matrix interface in carbon-fiber/carbon-matrix composites and interfaces between carbon layers and planar substrates
- Microstructure and properties of surface-treated Timetal 834
- Notifications
- Personal
- Conferences