@ARTICLE{Gao_prb_2010, author = {Gao, Cunxu and Brandt, Oliver and Erwin, Steven C. and L\"ahnemann, Jonas and Jahn, Uwe and Jenichen, Bernd and Sch\"onherr, Hans-Peter}, title = {"Cube-on-hexagon" orientation relationship for {Fe} on {GaN(000\bar{1}) }: The missing link in {bcc/hcp} epitaxy}, journal = Phys. Rev. B, year = {2010}, volume = {82}, pages = {125415}, number = {12}, abstract = {We investigate, experimentally and theoretically, the epitaxy of body-centered-cubic Fe on hexagonal GaN. For growth on the Ga-polar GaN(0001) surface we find the well-known Pitsch-Schrader orientation relationship between Fe and GaN. On the N-polar GaN(0001̅ ) surface we observe coexistence between the familiar Burgers orientation and a new orientation in which the Fe(001) plane is parallel to GaN(0001̅ ). This “cube-on-hexagon” orientation constitutes the high-symmetry link required for constructing a symmetry diagram for bcc/hcp systems in which all orientation relationships are connected by simple rotations.}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125415}, publisher = {American Physical Society} }