Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Epitaxially grown CeO2 layers on (100)Si substrates are studied using the RBS/channeling technique. The crystallographic correlation between the overgrown layers and off-oriented Si substrates is precisely analyzed by means of constructing stereographic projections obtained from the planar channeling dips. From the stereographic projections for the CeO2 layer on the 4° off-oriented Si substrate, it is clearly seen not only that the epitaxial (110)CeO2 layer is single crystal with the direction defined as [001]CeO2 ║ [011]Si, but also that the crystalline quality of (110)CeO2 on (100)Si can be improved by use of the off-oriented substrate. The inclined epitaxial direction is also detected as the depth information.