The phase-field crystal(PFC) model is employed to study the shape transition of strained islands in heteroepitaxy on vicinal substrates.The influences of both substrate vicinal angles β and the lattice mismatch ξ ar...The phase-field crystal(PFC) model is employed to study the shape transition of strained islands in heteroepitaxy on vicinal substrates.The influences of both substrate vicinal angles β and the lattice mismatch ξ are discussed.The increase of substrate vicinal angles is found to be capable of significantly changing the surface nanostructures of epitaxial films.The surface morphology of films undergoes a series of transitions that include Stranski-Krastonov(SK) islands,the couple growth of islands and the step flow as well as the formation of step bunching.In addition,the larger ξ indicates an increased strained island density after coarsening,and results in the incoherent growth of strained islands with the creation of misfit dislocations.Coarsening,coalescence and faceting of strained islands are also observed.Some facets in the shape transition of strained islands are found to be stable and can be determined by β and crystal symmetry of the film.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21377008)2013 Education and Teaching-Postgraduate Students Education-2011 Beijing Municipality Excellent Ph.D.Thesis Supervisor (20111000501)+1 种基金2013 Education and Teaching-Postgraduate Students Cultivation-National Excellent Ph.D.Thesis Supervisor and Cultivation Base Construction (005000542513551)the Foundation on the Creative Research Team Construction Promotion Project of Beijing Municipal Institutions~~
文摘采用乙二胺辅助的水热法制备了纳米片聚结的Co3O4微球.利用多种分析技术表征了其物化性质,并评价了其对甲苯燃烧的催化活性.结果表明,由添加1.0 ml乙二胺经140°C水热处理12 h后制得的Co3O4样品呈纳米片聚结的微球状表面形貌.Co3O4微球样品的比表面积约为66 m2g-1.与体相Co3O4样品相比,Co3O4微球样品具有较高的氧吸附物种浓度和较好的低温还原性.当空速为20000 ml g-1h-1时,在Co3O4微球样品上甲苯转化率达到50%和90%时的反应温度分别为230和254°C.这与该样品具有较大的比表面积、较高的氧吸附物种浓度和较好的低温还原性相关.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51075335,51174168,10902086 and 50875217)the Northwestern Polytechnical University Foundation for Fundamental Research (Grant Nos. 201109 and NPU-FFR-JC201005)
文摘The phase-field crystal(PFC) model is employed to study the shape transition of strained islands in heteroepitaxy on vicinal substrates.The influences of both substrate vicinal angles β and the lattice mismatch ξ are discussed.The increase of substrate vicinal angles is found to be capable of significantly changing the surface nanostructures of epitaxial films.The surface morphology of films undergoes a series of transitions that include Stranski-Krastonov(SK) islands,the couple growth of islands and the step flow as well as the formation of step bunching.In addition,the larger ξ indicates an increased strained island density after coarsening,and results in the incoherent growth of strained islands with the creation of misfit dislocations.Coarsening,coalescence and faceting of strained islands are also observed.Some facets in the shape transition of strained islands are found to be stable and can be determined by β and crystal symmetry of the film.
