Ion beam analysis of Heusler alloy Fe 3 Si epitaxially grown on Si(111)

Abstract We have investigated atomic ordering of Heusler alloy Fe 3 Si(111) epitaxially grown on Si(111) by using ion beam analysis. The total atomic displacement along Si directions was deduced from the minimum yield χ min and the critical angle Ψ 1/2 for channeling. The total displacement consists...

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Published inPhysica status solidi. C Vol. 11; no. 11-12; pp. 1570 - 1573
Main Authors Maeda, Yoshihito, Kawakubo, Yuki, Noguchi, Yuya, Narumi, Kazumasa, Sakai, Seiji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.2014
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Summary:Abstract We have investigated atomic ordering of Heusler alloy Fe 3 Si(111) epitaxially grown on Si(111) by using ion beam analysis. The total atomic displacement along Si directions was deduced from the minimum yield χ min and the critical angle Ψ 1/2 for channeling. The total displacement consists of both one‐dimensional thermal vibrations computed by the Debye theory and static displacements due to imperfections, lattice mismatch, thermal expansion etc. The atomic displacement increased as the annealing temperature increased from 373 to 573 K. We found that this static displacement came from a difference in thermal expansion between the Fe 3 Si film and Si substrates at the anneal temperature and was quenched into room temperature as a remnant displacement. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
ISSN:1862-6351
1610-1642
DOI:10.1002/pssc.201400027