Facile Au-assisted epitaxy of nearly strain-free GaN films on sapphire substrates

• DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09689b
• Publication Date: 2020-01-10T10:53:46Z
• Authors: Pengkun Li; Tinghui Xiong; Lilin Wang; Shujing Sun; Chenlong Chen
• Keywords: Chemistry; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

The nearly strain-free GaN films are epitaxially grown on Au-coated c-plane sapphire substrates via a self-patterned process.