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@ARTICLE{Conti:859721,
author = {Conti, G. and Nemsak, Slavomir and Kuo, C.-T. and Gehlmann,
M. and Conlon, C. and Keqi, A. and Rattanachata, A. and
Karslıoğlu, O. and Mueller, J. and Sethian, J. and Bluhm,
H. and Rault, J. E. and Rueff, J. P. and Fang, H. and Javey,
A. and Fadley, C. S.},
title = {{C}haracterization of free-standing {I}n{A}s quantum
membranes by standing wave hard x-ray photoemission
spectroscopy},
journal = {APL materials},
volume = {6},
number = {5},
issn = {2166-532X},
address = {Melville, NY},
publisher = {AIP Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-00558},
pages = {058101 -},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Free-standing nanoribbons of InAs quantum membranes (QMs)
transferred onto a (Si/Mo) multilayer mirror substrate are
characterized by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy
(HXPS) and by standing-wave HXPS (SW-HXPS). Information on
the chemical composition and on the chemical states of the
elements within the nanoribbons was obtained by HXPS and on
the quantitative depth profiles by SW-HXPS. By comparing the
experimental SW-HXPS rocking curves to x-ray optical
calculations, the chemical depth profile of the InAs(QM) and
its interfaces were quantitatively derived with ångström
precision. We determined that (i) the exposure to air
induced the formation of an InAsO4 layer on top of the
stoichiometric InAs(QM); (ii) the top interface between the
air-side InAsO4 and the InAs(QM) is not sharp, indicating
that interdiffusion occurs between these two layers; (iii)
the bottom interface between the InAs(QM) and the native
oxide SiO2 on top of the (Si/Mo) substrate is abrupt. In
addition, the valence band offset (VBO) between the InAs(QM)
and the SiO2/(Si/Mo) substrate was determined by HXPS. The
value of VBO = 0.2 ± 0.04 eV is in good agreement with
literature results obtained by electrical characterization,
giving a clear indication of the formation of a well-defined
and abrupt InAs/SiO2 heterojunction. We have demonstrated
that HXPS and SW-HXPS are non-destructive, powerful methods
for characterizing interfaces and for providing chemical
depth profiles of nanostructures, quantum membranes, and 2D
layered materials.},
cin = {PGI-6},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-6-20110106},
pnm = {522 - Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena (POF3-522)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-522},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000433944800007},
doi = {10.1063/1.5022379},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/859721},
}