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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2011
Transmission electron microscopy has been used to investigate the core structure of threading dislocations in heavily Mg-doped (1020 cm−3) Al0.03Ga0.97N films grown on (0001) sapphire by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition. Evidence is presented that Mg segregates to edge and mixed dislocations, and that these dislocations often have open cores with diameters in the range 1–5nm. The mechanism of hollow core formation and the role of Mg are discussed.