title: Heteroepitaxial Growth of Ferromagnetic MnSb(0001) Films on Ge/Si(111) Virtual Substrates.
abstract: Molecular beam epitaxial growth of ferromagnetic MnSb(0001) has been achieved on high quality, fully relaxed Ge(111)/Si(111) virtual substrates grown by reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition. The epilayers were characterized using reflection high energy electron diffraction, synchrotron hard X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, and magnetometry. The surface reconstructions, magnetic properties, crystalline quality, and strain relaxation behavior of the MnSb films are similar to those of MnSb grown on GaAs(111). In contrast to GaAs substrates, segregation of substrate atoms through the MnSb film does not occur, and alternative polymorphs of MnSb are absent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Burrows
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew
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authors.lastname: Dobbie
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Maksym
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authors.lastname: Myronov
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Thomas P A
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authors.lastname: Hase
authors.affiliation: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory , Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States.
authors.forename: Stuart B
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authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Marc
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authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James J
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authors.lastname: Mudd
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ian
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authors.lastname: Maskery
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Martin R
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authors.lastname: Lees
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Christopher F
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authors.lastname: McConville
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: David R
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authors.lastname: Leadley
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gavin R
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authors.lastname: Bell