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@ARTICLE{Deiter:16366,
author = {Deiter, C. and Bierkandt, M. and Klust, A. and Kumpf, C.
and Su, Y. and Bunk, O. and Feidenhans'l, R. and
Wollschläger, J.},
title = {{S}tructural transitions and relaxation processes during
the epitaxial growth of ultrathin {C}a{F}2 films on
{S}i(111)},
journal = {Physical review / B},
volume = {82},
number = {8},
issn = {1098-0121},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {PreJuSER-16366},
pages = {085449},
year = {2010},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {The structure and morphology of ultrathin lattice matched
CaF2 films of very few monolayers thickness, which were
deposited on Si(111) substrates by molecular-beam epitaxy,
have been studied in situ by synchrotron based grazing
incidence x-ray diffraction. Even for the thinnest
investigated film of three monolayers thickness, the
in-plane structure of the CaF2 film is determined by a
lateral separation in two domains: a pseudomorphic phase
assuming the lateral lattice constant of the Si(111)
substrate and a completely relaxed phase. Analysis of the
crystal truncation rods verifies that both phases adopt the
entire homogeneous CaF2 film thickness. Therefore, we
propose that atomic steps of the substrate bypass the
nucleation barrier for the formation of (Shockley partial)
dislocations so that the film starts to relax below the
classical critical film thickness. While the relaxed phase
assumes also the CaF2 bulk lattice constant for the vertical
direction, the vertical lattice constant of the
pseudomorphic phase increases due to the compressive lateral
strain at the interface. This vertical expansion of the
pseudomorphic phase, however, is larger than expected from
the elastic constants of the CaF2 bulk. The fraction of the
pseudomorphic CaF2 phase decreases with increasing film
thickness. The interface between the pseudomorphic CaF2
phase and the Si(111) substrate is characterized by Ca on
T-4 sites, a smaller distance between the Si(111) substrate
and the CaF interface layer and an expanded layer distance
between CaF interface layer and the completely
stoichiometric CaF2 film.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {PGI-3 / JARA-FIT},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$},
pnm = {Grundlagen für zukünftige Informationstechnologien},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK412},
shelfmark = {Physics, Condensed Matter},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000281406100004},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085449},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/16366},
}