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Semiconductors

Fine structure of the cubic semiconductor compound Zn$_{0.9}$Ni$_{0.1}$S

V. I. Maksimov, S. F. Dubinin, T. P. Surkova

Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg

Abstract: The fine structure of a single crystal of the Zn$_{0.9}$Ni$_{0.1}$S cubic compound synthesized by the chemical transport method has been investigated at room temperature using thermal neutron diffraction. It has been found that the diffraction patterns of this compound, along with strong Bragg reflections of the facecentered cubic phase, include a system of diffuse maxima, which indicate the occurrence of a local deformation of the cubic structure by the Jahn–Teller nickel ions. Results of this experiment have been compared with the previously obtained data for the lightly doped Zn$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$Sе single crystal ($x$ = 0.002).

Received: 30.09.2013

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2014, 56:5, 912–916

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