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  • Post print Robson Appl Mater Interfaces 5 3241 (2013)

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High-accuracy analysis of nanoscale semiconductor layers using beam-exit Ar-ion polishing and scanning probe microscopy

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2013
<mark>Journal</mark>ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Issue number8
Volume5
Number of pages5
Pages (from-to)3241-3245
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date25/03/13
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

A novel method of sample cross-sectioning, beam-exit Ar-ion cross-sectional polishing, has been combined with scanning probe microscopy to study thin AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs layers. Additional contrast enhancement via a citric acid/hydrogen peroxide etch allows us to report the observation of layers as thin as 1 nm. Layer thickness measurements agree with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data to 0.1 ± 0.2 nm, making this a very promising low-cost method for nanoscale analysis of semiconductor heterostructures.

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“This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am400270w