Abstract
Exploiting the high brilliance of synchrotron radiation, we performed surface-sensitive and depth-resolved x-ray scattering experiments on thin films of boron nitride grown on Si(001) substrates. In-plane strains of different structural phases, namely turbostratic and cubic, grain sizes and textures were determined. Annealing the films up to temperatures of 1000°C leads to large strain relaxation of about 70%, while the grain size stays constant at 80 Å.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 777-779 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |