Self-healing thermal annealing: surface morphological restructuring control of GaN nanorods

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dc.contributor.authorConroy, Michele
dc.contributor.authorLi, Haoning
dc.contributor.authorZubialevich, Vitaly Z.
dc.contributor.authorKusch, Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Michael
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Timothy W.
dc.contributor.authorGlynn, Colm
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Robert W.
dc.contributor.authorO'Dwyer, Colm
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Michael D.
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Justin D.
dc.contributor.authorParbrook, Peter J.
dc.contributor.funderHigher Education Authorityen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Regional Development Funden
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-16T10:36:01Z
dc.date.available2016-12-16T10:36:01Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-31
dc.date.updated2016-12-15T04:54:42Z
dc.description.abstractWith advances in nanolithography and dry etching, top-down methods of nanostructuring have become a widely used tool for improving the efficiency of optoelectronics. These nano dimensions can offer various benefits to the device performance in terms of light extraction and efficiency, but often at the expense of emission color quality. Broadening of the target emission peak and unwanted yellow luminescence are characteristic defect-related effects due to the ion beam etching damage, particularly for III–N based materials. In this article we focus on GaN based nanorods, showing that through thermal annealing the surface roughness and deformities of the crystal structure can be “self-healed”. Correlative electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy show the change from spherical nanorods to faceted hexagonal structures, revealing the temperature-dependent surface morphology faceting evolution. The faceted nanorods were shown to be strain- and defect-free by cathodoluminescence hyperspectral imaging, micro-Raman, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In-situ TEM thermal annealing experiments allowed for real time observation of dislocation movements and surface restructuring observed in ex-situ annealing TEM sampling. This thermal annealing investigation gives new insight into the redistribution path of GaN material and dislocation movement post growth, allowing for improved understanding and in turn advances in optoelectronic device processing of compound semiconductors.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Higher Education Authority (Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions Cycles 4 and 5 via the INSPIRE and TYFFANI projects); Science Foundation Ireland ((SFI under Grant No. SFI/10/IN.1/I2993), (SFI Engineering Professorship Scheme (07/EN/E001A)); Irish Government’s Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions Cycle 5, National Development Plan 2007−2013 with the assistance of the European Regional Development Fund.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationConroy, M., Li, H., Zubialevich, V. Z., Kusch, G., Schmidt, M., Collins, T., Glynn, C., Martin, R. W., O’Dwyer, C., Morris, M. D., Holmes, J. D. and Parbrook, P. J. (2016) 'Self-Healing Thermal Annealing: Surface Morphological Restructuring Control of GaN Nanorods', Crystal Growth & Design, 16(12), pp. 6769-6775.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00756
dc.identifier.endpage6775en
dc.identifier.issn1528-7483
dc.identifier.issued12en
dc.identifier.journaltitleCrystal Growth & Designen
dc.identifier.startpage6769en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3389
dc.identifier.volume16en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen
dc.rights© 2016 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Crystal Growth and Design, 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/acs.cgd.6b00756en
dc.subjectGaN nanorodsen
dc.subjectThermal annealingen
dc.subjectTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)en
dc.subjectHyperspectral imaging,en
dc.subjectNanolithographyen
dc.subjectElectron microscopyen
dc.subjectAtomic force microscopyen
dc.titleSelf-healing thermal annealing: surface morphological restructuring control of GaN nanorodsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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