Investigation of misfit dislocations at the Fe₂O₃/Al₂2O₃ interface

Saravanamuthu Maheswaran, Suntharampillai Thevuthasan, Fei Gao, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, C. M. Wang

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    Abstract

    Recent studies of buried interface α-Fe2O3(0001)/α-Al2O3 using high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and ion scattering techniques reveal the existence of disordering at the interface due to the misfit dislocations. Molecular dynamics (MD) calculations were carried out to understand the formation of misfit dislocations and the interface structural features. The misfit dislocations are formed because of the lattice mismatch between the substrate and the film. Ion scattering simulations were carried out using VEGAS code, in which the atomic positions generated by the MD calculations were used. The hitting probabilities determined from these simulations were compared with the experimental surface and interface peaks obtained from the aligned RBS spectrum.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication16th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics: Physics for the Nation : Manning Clark Centre, Australian National University of Canberra, Sunday 30 January to Friday 4 February 2005: Congress Handbook and Abstracts
    PublisherAustralian National University
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)0959806482
    Publication statusPublished - 2005
    EventAustralian Institute of Physics. National Congress -
    Duration: 30 Nov 2008 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceAustralian Institute of Physics. National Congress
    Period30/11/08 → …

    Keywords

    • oxides
    • ions
    • scattering
    • misfit dislocations
    • transmission electron microscopy

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