American Chemical Society, Crystal Growth and Design, 12(10), p. 5117-5122, 2010
DOI: 10.1021/cg100851b
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High-quality Gd 2 O 3 epi-films 5-20 nm thick have been grown on GaN (0001) using molecular beam epitaxy. A detailed structural investigation was carried out by in situ reflection high energy electron diffraction, cross sectional transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray scattering using a synchrotron radiation source. The films consist of the high-temperature monoclinic (m) phase with six rotational domains, which can be easily mistaken for being the hexagonal phase. All the domains follow the m-Gd 2 O 3 (201)AE020ae) GaN (0001)<1120> orientational relationship.