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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.43.2007.tde-24032008-102906
Document
Author
Full name
Jeverson Teodoro Arantes Junior
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2007
Supervisor
Committee
Fazzio, Adalberto (President)
Caldas, Marilia Junqueira
Marega Junior, Euclydes
Miwa, Roberto Hiroki
Santos, Raimundo Rocha dos
Title in Portuguese
Materiais nanoestruturados do tipo IV e III-V dopados com Mn
Keywords in Portuguese
impurezas
Materiais nanoestruturados
primeiros principios
Semicondutores
Abstract in Portuguese
No presente trabalho, investigamos propriedades eletr^onicas, estruturais e de transporte de nanoestruturas do tipo IV e tipo III-V usando c´alculos de primeiros princ´?pios. (I) Como ponto de partida, verificamos sistematicamente a estabilidade do Mn substitucional nas camadas de Ge em uma heteroestrutura de Si/Ge. Estudamos a intera¸c~ao magn´etica Mn-Mn relativa a varia¸c~ao do par^ametro de rede do substrato, indicando uma mudan¸ca na diferen¸ca de energia entre as configura¸c~oes de alto e baixo spin. Para um substrato com par^ametro de rede igual ao do Si, esta diferen¸ca de energia favorece a configura¸c~ao de baixo spin, entretanto com o aumento do par^ametro de rede a configura¸c~ao com alto spin passa a ser a mais est´avel. (II) No estudo de nanofios de Ge, crescidos nas dire¸c~oes [110] e [111], verificamos a depend^encia do gap de energia em rela¸c~ao ao di^ametro do mesmo. Estudamos a reconstru ¸c~ao da superf´?cie (001) para alguns di^ametros de nanofios crescidos na dire¸c~ao [110]. Fizemos um estudo sistem´atico da dopagem de Mn em nanofios de Ge para verificar quais os s´?tios mais est´aveis para a impureza. Investigamos, tamb´em, o acoplamento magn´etico Mn-Mn ao longo da dire¸c~ao de crescimento do fio e radialmente ao mesmo, para diferentes dist^ancias entre os dopantes. (III) A observa¸c~ao de part´?culas de ouro na superf´?cie dos nanofios, vindas da gota de Au utilizada como catalizador no processo de crescimento dos fios, serviu como motiva¸c~ao para o estudo da energia de forma¸c~ao do mesmo em diferentes posi¸c~oes e concentra¸c~oes nos nanofios. Esses resultados possibilitaram-nos o entendimento de como o Au se difunde nos nanofios, se atrav´es da superf´?cie ou pelo interior do fio em situa¸c~oes com maiores e menores concentra¸c~oes do metal. (IV) Verificamos o comportamento da dopagem tipo-n e tipo-p nas propriedades de transporte eletr^onico para as impurezas na regi~ao central e na superf´?cie (001) de nanofios de Ge. Devido a import^ancia da superf´?cie em nanoestruturas, calculamos a varia¸c~ao da transmit^ancia eletr^onica na presen¸ca de liga¸c~oes incompletas conjuntamente com a adsor¸c~ao de uma mol´ecula de OH. (V) Investigamos como o confinamento qu^antico altera o comportamento de defeitos nativos tipo vac^ancias em nanofios de Si. Atrav´es da energia de forma¸c~ao para diferentes s´?tios n~ao equivalentes, verificamos um poss´?vel caminho de migra¸c~ao da vac^ancia para a superf´?cie (001). Calculamos o valor da barreira de migra¸c~ao das regi~oes centrais para a super´?cie (001) do nanofio assim como o valor do U-efetivo que no bulk ´e negativo. (VI) Finalmente, realizamos um estudo sistem´atico de nanofios de materiais III-V (InP e GaAs) e nanopart´?culas de InAs dopadas com Mn. Verificamos as posi¸c~oes de equil´?brio e a possibilidade de uma ordem magn´etica para as impurezas na nanoestrutura. Para as nanopart´?culas, `a medida que o sistema ´e confinado, ocorre uma maior localiza¸c~ao dos estados de buraco e consequentemente uma diminui¸c~ao na diferen¸ca de energia entre as configura¸c~oes com alto e baixo spin, favor´avel ao alto spin. Atrav´es da inser¸c~ao de "buracos"podemos aumentar essa diferen¸ca de energia.
Title in English
Nanostructured materials of type IV and III-V doped with Mn.
Keywords in English
fisrt principles
impurities
nanostructured materials
Semiconductors
Abstract in English
In the present work, we investigate electronic, structural and transport properties of semiconductor nanostructures of type IV and III-V using first principles calculations. (I) As a starting point, we verify systematically the stability of substitutional Mn in Ge layers in Si/Ge heterostructures. We study the Mn-Mn magnetic interaction as a function of the lattice parameter of the substrate, and we find that the energy difference between the high and low spin configurations changes as the lattice parameter is modified. Using Si as a substrate, that energy difference favors the low spin configuration, whereas increasing the substrate lattice parameter the high spin configuration becomes more stable. (II) In the study of Ge nanowires, grown along the [110] and [111] directions, we investigate the variation of the energy gap as a function of the nanowire diameter. We study the (001) surface reconstruction for some nanowire diameters grown along the [110] direction. We did a systematic study of Mn doping in the Ge nanowires in order to verify which are the most stable substitutional sites. We also study the Mn-Mn magnetic coupling for their separation parallel to the growth direction as well as perpendicular to it. This study was performed for different distances between the impurities. (III) The gold particles observed in the top surface of the nanowires, a result of the Au droplet used as catalyst in the growth process, was the motivation of the study of the formation energy of Au isolated impurities in different positions and concentrations in the nanowires. These results make it possible to know if the Au atoms will move either along the surface or towards the bulk of the wire. (IV) We verify the behavior of the type-n and type-p doping in the electronic transmission properties for impurities positioned either in the central or in the (001) surface of Ge nanowires. Because of the importance of the surface in nanostructures, we calculate the changes in the electronic transmittance in the presence of a dangling bond and an OH molecule adsorbed in the surface. (V) We investigate how the quantum confinement modifies the behavior of the vacancy native defect in Si nanowires. From the formation energy difference for nonequivalent sites, we verify one possible pathway for the vacancy migration towards the (001) surface, and we calculate the migration barrier from the central region to the nanowire surface. We also calculate the effective-U, and find it to be negative in the bulk region. (VI) Finally, we also made a systematic study of nanowires of type III-V (InP and GaAs) as well as InAs nanoparticles doped with Mn. We study the equilibrium positions and the possibility of a magnetic order for the impurity in these nanostructures. For the nanoparticles, when the system is more confined the hole becomes more localized and, consequently, the energy difference between the high and low spin configuration still favors the high spin but becomes smaller. When we insert holes we can increase this energy difference.
 
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