Self-seeded, position-controlled InAs nanowire growth on Si: A growth parameter study
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Summary, in English
In this work, the nucleation and growth of InAs nanowires on patterned SiO2/Si(111) substrates is studied. It is found that the nanowire yield is strongly dependent on the size of the etched holes in the SiO2, where openings smaller than 180 nm lead to a substantial decrease in nucleation yield, while openings larger than View the MathML source promote nucleation of crystallites rather than nanowires. We propose that this is a result of indium particle formation prior to nanowire growth, where the size of the indium particles, under constant growth parameters, is strongly influenced by the size of the openings in the SiO2 film. Nanowires overgrowing the etched holes, eventually leading to a merging of neighboring nanowires, shed light into the growth mechanism.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
51-56
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Crystal Growth
Volym
334
Issue
1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics
Nyckelord
- Nanostructures
- Nanowire growth
- Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy
- Semiconductor III–V materials
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Nanometer structure consortium (nmC)
- Digital ASIC
- Nano
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0022-0248