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Short-Range Order in GeSn Alloy.
Cao, Boxiao; Chen, Shunda; Jin, Xiaochen; Liu, Jifeng; Li, Tianshu.
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  • Cao B; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, United States.
  • Chen S; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, United States.
  • Jin X; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, United States.
  • Liu J; Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States.
  • Li T; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, United States.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 12(51): 57245-57253, 2020 Dec 23.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33306349
Group IV alloys have been long viewed as homogeneous random solid solutions since perceiving them as Si-compatible, direct-band gap semiconductors 30 years ago. Such a perception underlies the understanding, interpretation, and prediction of alloys' properties. However, as the race to create scalable and tunable device materials enters a composition domain far beyond the alloys' equilibrium solubility, a fundamental question emerges as to how random these alloys truly are. Here, we show, by combining statistical sampling and large-scale ab initio calculations, that GeSn alloy, a promising group IV alloy for mid-infrared technology, exhibits a clear short-range order for solute atoms within its entire composition range. Such a short-range order is further found to substantially affect the electronic properties of GeSn. We demonstrate that the proper inclusion of this short-range order through canonical sampling can lead to a significant improvement over previous predictions on alloy's band gaps by showing an excellent agreement with experiments within the entire studied composition range. Our finding thus not only calls for an important revision of the current structural model for group IV alloy but also suggests that short-range order may generically exist in different types of alloys.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces Asunto de la revista: BIOTECNOLOGIA / ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces Asunto de la revista: BIOTECNOLOGIA / ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos