Quantitative chemical mapping of InGaN quantum wells from calibrated high-angle annular dark field micrographs

Carvalho, Daniel and Morales, Francisco M. and Ben, Teresa and García, Rafael and Redondo-Cubero, Andrés and Alves, Eduardo and Lorenz, Katharina and Edwards, Paul R. and O'Donnell, Kevin P. and Wetzel, Christian (2015) Quantitative chemical mapping of InGaN quantum wells from calibrated high-angle annular dark field micrographs. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 21 (4). pp. 994-1005. ISSN 1431-9276 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S143192761501301X)

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Abstract

We present a simple and robust method to acquire quantitative maps of compositional fluctuations in nanostructures from low magnification high-angle annular dark field (HAADF) micrographs calibrated by energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode. We show that a nonuniform background in HAADF-STEM micrographs can be eliminated, to a first approximation, by use of a suitable analytic function. The uncertainty in probe position when collecting an EDX spectrum renders the calibration of HAADF-STEM micrographs indirect, and a statistical approach has been developed to determine the position with confidence. Our analysis procedure, presented in a flowchart to facilitate the successful implementation of the method by users, was applied to discontinuous InGaN/GaN quantum wells in order to obtain quantitative determinations of compositional fluctuations on the nanoscale.

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Carvalho, Daniel, Morales, Francisco M., Ben, Teresa, García, Rafael, Redondo-Cubero, Andrés, Alves, Eduardo, Lorenz, Katharina, Edwards, Paul R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-7698, O'Donnell, Kevin P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-3675 and Wetzel, Christian;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:53715
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    August 2015
    Published
    30 June 2015
    Published Online
    12 May 2015
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Jul 2015 08:28
    Last modified:13 Nov 2024 01:11
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53715
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