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Marnauza M, Tornberg M, Mårtensson EK, Jacobsson D, Dick KA. In situ observations of size effects in GaAs nanowire growth. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2023; 8:291-296. [PMID: 36621012 DOI: 10.1039/d2nh00432a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Lateral dimensions of III-V nanowires are known to affect the growth dynamics and crystal structure. Investigations into size effects have in the past relied on theoretical models and post growth observations, which only give a limited insight into the growth dynamics. Here we show the first experimental investigation into how nanowire diameter affects the growth dynamics by growing Au-seeded GaAs nanowires in an environmental transmission electron microscope. This was done by recording videos of nanowires during growth and analysing the Ga-limited incubation time and As-limited step-flow time. Our data show that the incubation time is stable across the investigated diameter range aside from a sharp increase for the smallest diameter, whereas the step-flow time is observed to steadily increase across the diameter range. We show using a simple model that this can be explained by the increasing vapour pressure in the droplet. In addition to the existing understanding of nanowire growth at small dimensions being limited by nucleation this work provides experimental evidence that growth is also limited by the inability to finish the step-flow process.
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- Mikelis Marnauza
- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden.
- NanoLund, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden.
- NanoLund, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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- NanoLund, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
- Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden.
- NanoLund, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
- National Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden.
- NanoLund, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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Balasubramanian GPS, Lebedkina E, Goktas NI, Wagner JB, Hansen O, LaPierre R, Semenova E, Mølhave K, Beleggia M, Fiordaliso EM. In situoff-axis electron holography of real-time dopant diffusion in GaAs nanowires. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 33:475705. [PMID: 35944428 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac880f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Off-axis electron holography was used to reveal remote doping in GaAs nanowires occurring duringin situannealing in a transmission electron microscope. Dynamic changes to the electrostatic potential caused by carbon dopant diffusion upon annealing were measured across GaAs nanowires with radial p-p+ core-shell junctions. Electrostatic potential profiles were extracted from holographic phase maps and built-in potentials (Vbi) and depletion layer widths (DLWs) were estimated as function of temperature over 300-873 K. Simulations in absence of remote doping predict a significant increase ofVbiand DLWs with temperature. In contrast, we measured experimentally a nearly constantVbiand a weak increase of DLWs. Moreover, we observed the appearance of a depression in the potential profile of the core upon annealing. We attribute these deviations from the predicted behavior to carbon diffusion from the shell to the core through the nanowire sidewalls, i.e. to remote doping, becoming significant at 673 K. The DLW in the p and p+ regions are in the 10-30 nm range.
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- DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, L8S 4L7 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- DTU Nanolab, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, L8S 4L7 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Nanolab, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Nanolab, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Wang H, Wang A, Wang Y, Yang Z, Yang J, Han N, Chen Y. Nonpolar GaAs Nanowires Catalyzed by Cu 5As 2: Insights into As Layer Epitaxy. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:30963-30970. [PMID: 33324804 PMCID: PMC7726767 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Controlled synthesis of GaAs nanowires (NWs) with specific phases and orientations is important and challenging, which determines their electronic performances. Herein, single-crystalline GaAs NWs are successfully synthesized by using complementary metal-oxide semiconductor compatible Cu2O catalysts via chemical vapor deposition at an optimized temperature of 560 °C. In contrast to typically Au catalyzed GaAs NWs, the Cu2O catalyzed ones are found to grow along nonpolar orientations of zincblende <110> and <211> and wurtzite <1̅100> and <2̅110>. The Cu2O catalysts are found to change into orthorhombic Cu5As2 after the NW growth, which is also significantly distinguished from the Au-Ga catalyst alloy in the literature. The Cu5As2 alloy plays the epitaxy role in the nonpolar GaAs NW growth due to the lattice matching with the nonpolar planes of GaAs, which is verified by the atomic stack model. These nonpolar oriented GaAs NWs have minimized stacking faults, promising for the other semiconductor synthesis as well as electronic applications.
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- Hang Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School
of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi’an
University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center
for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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- Department
of Physics, School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong
University, Beijing 100044, P. R. China
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- Center
of Nanoelectronics and School of Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- School
of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi’an
University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center
for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Center
for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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Applied Stress-Assisted Growth of Single Crystal γ-Fe₂O₃ Nanowires. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8121037. [PMID: 30545107 PMCID: PMC6316481 DOI: 10.3390/nano8121037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It is difficult to obtain γ-Fe2O3 nanostructures by heating iron substrate in ambient conditions because γ-Fe2O3 is less thermodynamically stable than α-Fe2O3. In this work, we synthesize γ-Fe2O3 nanowires by heating iron particles under an external force. The stacking style of iron and oxygen ions under a strong shearing stress tends to adopt the γ-Fe2O3 structure regardless of the thermodynamic restriction. These γ-Fe2O3 nanowires exhibit a clear ferromagnetic property. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements confirm that γ-phase structure appears only under the applied external force during the heating period. A window of the magnitude of the external force is found to help the nanowire growth on iron particles. The growth mechanism of γ-Fe2O3 nanowires other than α-Fe2O3 under the external force is discussed and an applied stress-assisted growth model is proposed. This work presents an easy approach to produce ferromagnetic iron oxide nanowires on a large scale.
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Gao H, Lysevych M, Tan HH, Jagadish C, Zou J. The effect of Sn addition on GaAs nanowire grown by vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:465601. [PMID: 30179858 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aadedd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Impurity addition is a crucial aspect for III-V nanowire growth. In this study, we demonstrated the effect of the Sn addition on GaAs nanowire growth by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. With increasing the tetraethyltin flow rate, the nanowire axial growth was suppressed while the nanowire lateral growth was promoted, as well as planar defects were increased. Systematic electron microscopy characterizations suggested that the Sn addition tuned the catalyst composition, changed the vapor-solid-liquid surfaces energies and hindered the Ga atoms diffusion on nanowire sidewalls, which is responsible for the observed changes in morphology and structural quality of grown GaAs nanowires. This study contributes to understanding the role of impurity dopants on III-V nanowires growth, which will be of benefit for the design and fabrication of future nanowire-based devices.
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- Han Gao
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Zhang J, Ai L, Yan X, Wu Y, Wei W, Zhang M, Zhang X. Photovoltaic Performance of Pin Junction Nanocone Array Solar Cells with Enhanced Effective Optical Absorption. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 13:306. [PMID: 30284050 PMCID: PMC6170251 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2727-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The photovoltaic performance of axial and radial pin junction GaAs nanocone array solar cells is investigated. Compared with the cylinder nanowire arrays, the nanocone arrays not only improve the whole optical absorption but more importantly enhance the effective absorption (absorption in the depletion region). The enhanced effective absorption is attributed to the downward shift and extension of the absorption region induced by the shrinking top, which dramatically suppresses the absorption loss in the high-doped top region and enhances the absorption in the depletion region. The highest conversion efficiencies for axial and radial GaAs nanocone solar cells are 20.1% and 17.4%, obtained at a slope angle of 5° and 6°, respectively, both of which are much higher than their cylinder nanowire counterparts. The nanocone structures are promising candidates for high-efficiency solar cells.
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- Jinnan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China
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- School of Mechanical and Electric Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006 China
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- Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, 100094 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China
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An Analytic Approach for Optimal Geometrical Design of GaAs Nanowires for Maximal Light Harvesting in Photovoltaic Cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46504. [PMID: 28425488 PMCID: PMC5397838 DOI: 10.1038/srep46504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Semiconductor nanowires(NWs) with subwavelength scale diameters have demonstrated superior light trapping features, which unravel a new pathway for low cost and high efficiency future generation solar cells. Unlike other published work, a fully analytic design is for the first time proposed for optimal geometrical parameters of vertically-aligned GaAs NW arrays for maximal energy harvesting. Using photocurrent density as the light absorbing evaluation standard, 2 μm length NW arrays whose multiple diameters and periodicity are quantitatively identified achieving the maximal value of 29.88 mA/cm2 under solar illumination. It also turns out that our method has wide suitability for single, double and four different diameters of NW arrays for highest photon energy harvesting. To validate this analytical method, intensive numerical three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations of the NWs' light harvesting are also carried out. Compared with the simulation results, the predicted maximal photocurrent densities lie within 1.5% tolerance for all cases. Along with the high accuracy, through directly disclosing the exact geometrical dimensions of NW arrays, this method provides an effective and efficient route for high performance photovoltaic design.
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Kauppinen C, Haggren T, Kravchenko A, Jiang H, Huhtio T, Kauppinen E, Dhaka V, Suihkonen S, Kaivola M, Lipsanen H, Sopanen M. A technique for large-area position-controlled growth of GaAs nanowire arrays. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 27:135601. [PMID: 26895144 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/13/135601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We demonstrate a technique for fabricating position-controlled, large-area arrays of vertical semiconductor nanowires (NWs) with adjustable periods and NW diameters. In our approach, a Au-covered GaAs substrate is first coated with a thin film of photoresponsive azopolymer, which is exposed twice to a laser interference pattern forming a 2D surface relief grating. After dry etching, an array of polymer islands is formed, which is used as a mask to fabricate a matrix of gold particles. The Au particles are then used as seeds in vapour-liquid-solid growth to create arrays of vertical GaAs NWs using metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy. The presented technique enables producing NWs of uniform size distribution with high throughput and potentially on large wafer sizes without relying on expensive lithography techniques. The feasibility of the technique is demonstrated by arrays of vertical NWs with periods of 255-1000 nm and diameters of 50-80 nm on a 2 × 2 cm area. The grown NWs exhibit high long range order and good crystalline quality. Although only GaAs NWs were grown in this study, in principle, the presented technique is suitable for any material available for Au seeded NW growth.
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- Christoffer Kauppinen
- Department of Micro- and Nanosciences, Micronova, Aalto University, PO Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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Panahandeh-Fard M, Yin J, Kurniawan M, Wang Z, Leung G, Sum TC, Soci C. Ambipolar Charge Photogeneration and Transfer at GaAs/P3HT Heterointerfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2014; 5:1144-1150. [PMID: 26274462 DOI: 10.1021/jz500332z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Recent work on hybrid photovoltaic systems based on conjugated polymers and III-V compound semiconductors with relatively high power conversion efficiency revived fundamental questions regarding the nature of charge separation and transfer at the interface between organic and inorganic semiconductors with different degrees of delocalization. In this work, we studied photoinduced charge generation and interfacial transfer dynamics in a prototypical photovoltaic n-type GaAs (111)B and poly(3-hexyl-thiophene) (P3HT) bilayer system. Ultrafast spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations indicate the coexistence of electron and hole transfer at the GaAs/P3HT interface, leading to the generation of long-lived species and photoinduced absorption upon creation of hybrid interfacial states. This opens up new avenues for the use of low-dimensional III-V compounds (e.g., nanowires or quantum dots) in hybrid organic/inorganic photovoltaics, where advanced bandgap and density of states engineering may also be exploited as design parameters.
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- Majid Panahandeh-Fard
- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- †Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ‡Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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Guo DL, Tan LH, Wei ZP, Chen H, Wu T. Density-controlled synthesis of uniform ZnO nanowires: wide-range tunability and growth regime transition. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2013; 9:2069-2075. [PMID: 23359529 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201201369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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- Dong Lai Guo
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
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Hsu CW, Chen YF, Su YK. Nanoepitaxy of GaAs on a Si(001) substrate using a round-hole nanopatterned SiO2 mask. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 23:495306. [PMID: 23154824 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/49/495306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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GaAs is grown by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy on a 55 nm round-hole patterned Si substrate with SiO(2) as a mask. The threading dislocations, which are stacked on the lowest energy facet plane, move along the SiO(2) walls, reducing the number of dislocations. The etching pit density of GaAs on the 55 nm round-hole patterned Si substrate is about 3.3 × 10(5) cm(-2). Compared with the full width at half maximum measurement from x-ray diffraction and photoluminescence spectra of GaAs on a planar Si(001) substrate, those of GaAs on the 55 nm round-hole patterned Si substrate are reduced by 39.6 and 31.4%, respectively. The improvement in material quality is verified by transmission electron microscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, Hall measurements, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and x-ray diffraction studies.
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- Chao-Wei Hsu
- Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan.
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Hsu CW, Chen YF, Su YK. Dislocation reduction of InAs nanofins prepared on Si substrate using metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2012; 7:642. [PMID: 23176442 PMCID: PMC3533999 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-7-642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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InAs nanofins were prepared on a nanopatterned Si (001) substrate by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy. The threading dislocations, stacked on the lowest-energy-facet plane {111}, move along the SiO2 walls, resulting in a dislocation reduction, as confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. The dislocations were trapped within a thin InAs epilayer. The obtained 90-nm-wide InAs nanofins with an almost etching-pit-free surface do not require complex intermediate-layer epitaxial growth processes and large thickness typically required for conventional epitaxial growth.
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- Chao-Wei Hsu
- Department of Electrical Engineering & Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, Institute of Microelectronics, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan City, 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering & Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, Institute of Microelectronics, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan City, 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering & Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, Institute of Microelectronics, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan City, 701, Taiwan
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Kang JH, Gao Q, Parkinson P, Joyce HJ, Tan HH, Kim Y, Guo Y, Xu H, Zou J, Jagadish C. Precursor flow rate manipulation for the controlled fabrication of twin-free GaAs nanowires on silicon substrates. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 23:415702. [PMID: 23018759 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/41/415702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Vertically oriented GaAs nanowires (NWs) are grown on Si(111) substrates using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. Controlled epitaxial growth along the <111> direction is demonstrated following the deposition of thin GaAs buffer layers and the elimination of structural defects, such as twin defects and stacking faults, is found for high growth rates. By systematically manipulating the AsH(3) (group-V) and TMGa (group-III) precursor flow rates, it is found that the TMGa flow rate has the most significant effect on the nanowire quality. After capping the minimal tapering and twin-free GaAs NWs with an AlGaAs shell, long exciton lifetimes (over 700 ps) are obtained for high TMGa flow rate samples. It is observed that the Ga adatom concentration significantly affects the growth of GaAs NWs, with a high concentration and rapid growth leading to desirable characteristics for optoelectronic nanowire device applications including improved morphology, crystal structure and optical performance.
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- J H Kang
- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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Brewster MM, Zhou X, Lu MY, Gradečak S. The interplay of structural and optical properties in individual ZnO nanostructures. NANOSCALE 2012; 4:1455-1462. [PMID: 22318655 DOI: 10.1039/c2nr11706a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Semiconductor nanostructures exhibit unique properties distinct from their bulk counterparts by virtue of nanoscale dimensions; in particular, exceptionally large surface area-to-volume ratios relative to that of the bulk produce variations in surface state populations that have numerous consequences on materials properties. Of the low-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures, nanowires offer a unique prospect in nanoscale optoelectronics due to their one-dimensional architecture. Already, many devices based upon individual nanowires have been demonstrated, but questions about how nano-size and structural variations affect the underlying materials properties still remain unanswered. Here, we focus on understanding the growth mechanism and kinetics of ZnO nanowires and related nanowalls, and their effects on nanoscale structural and optical properties.
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- Megan M Brewster
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Wilhelm C, Larrue A, Dai X, Migas D, Soci C. Anisotropic photonic properties of III-V nanowires in the zinc-blende and wurtzite phase. NANOSCALE 2012; 4:1446-1454. [PMID: 22327202 DOI: 10.1039/c2nr00045h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Some critical aspects of the anisotropic absorption and emission properties of quasi one-dimensional structures are reviewed in the context of III-V compound semiconductor nanowires. The unique optical and electronic properties of III-V nanowires stem from the combination of dielectric effects due to their large aspect ratio, and their specific crystallographic structure which can differ significantly from the bulk case. The growth conditions leading to single-crystal nanowires with either zinc blende or wurtzite phase are first presented. Dipole selection rules for interband transitions in common III-V compounds are then summarized for the two different phases, and corroborated by ab initio Density Functional Theory calculations of the oscillator strength. The optical anisotropy is discussed considering both the effect of refractive index mismatch between the nanowire and its surroundings and the polarization of the emitting dipoles set by the nanowire crystallographic structure and orientation. Finite Difference Time Domain simulations are finally employed to illustrate the influence of the emitting dipole orientation and the nanowire diameter on the distribution of radiation in the far-field. The importance of the correlation between structural and optoelectronic properties is highlighted in view of potential applications in future nanowire photonics.
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- Christophe Wilhelm
- Division of Microelectronics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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Lin PA, Liang D, Reeves S, Gao XPA, Sankaran RM. Shape-controlled Au particles for InAs nanowire growth. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:315-20. [PMID: 22142439 DOI: 10.1021/nl2036035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We present a study of InAs nanowire (NW) growth with shape-controlled Au seed particles. In comparison to more conventional spherical particles, the highly faceted, shaped Au particles are found to enhance the initial growth kinetics of InAs NWs at identical growth conditions. Analysis of the NWs after growth by transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive spectroscopy suggests that while In diffuses into the bulk of the shaped Au particles, in accordance with the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism, the surface faceting is preserved. A key difference is that the shaped Au particles are characterized by a thicker In shell on their surfaces than the spherical Au particles, indicating that increased adsorption of In leads to the observed growth rate enhancement. On the basis of these results, we propose that our picture of VLS growth in regards to liquefaction and droplet formation is incomplete and that the initial particle morphology can be used to tailor NW growth.
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- Pin Ann Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Dai X, Dayeh SA, Veeramuthu V, Larrue A, Wang J, Su H, Soci C. Tailoring the vapor-liquid-solid growth toward the self-assembly of GaAs nanowire junctions. NANO LETTERS 2011; 11:4947-4952. [PMID: 21967168 DOI: 10.1021/nl202888e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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New insights into understanding and controlling the intriguing phenomena of spontaneous merging (kissing) and the self-assembly of monolithic Y- and T-junctions is demonstrated in the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition growth of GaAs nanowires. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy for determining polar facets was coupled to electrostatic-mechanical modeling and position-controlled synthesis to identify nanowire diameter, length, and pitch, leading to junction formation. When nanowire patterns are designed so that the electrostatic energy resulting from the interaction of polar surfaces exceeds the mechanical energy required to bend the nanowires to the point of contact, their fusion can lead to the self-assembly of monolithic junctions. Understanding and controlling this phenomenon is a great asset for the realization of dense arrays of vertical nanowire devices and opens up new ways toward the large scale integration of nanowire quantum junctions or nanowire intracellular probes.
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- Xing Dai
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, 21 Nanyang Link, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Yan X, Zhang X, Ren X, Huang H, Guo J, Guo X, Liu M, Wang Q, Cai S, Huang Y. Growth of InAs quantum dots on GaAs nanowires by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. NANO LETTERS 2011; 11:3941-3945. [PMID: 21848312 DOI: 10.1021/nl202190n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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InAs quantum dots (QDs) are grown epitaxially on Au-catalyst-grown GaAs nanowires (NWs) by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). These QDs are about 10-30 nm in diameter and several nanometers high, formed on the {112} side facets of the GaAs NWs. The QDs are very dense at the base of the NW and gradually sparser toward the top until disappearing at a distance of about 2 μm from the base. It can be concluded that these QDs are formed by adatom diffusion from the substrate as well as the sidewalls of the NWs. The critical diameter of the GaAs NW that is enough to form InAs QDs is between 120 and 160 nm according to incomplete statistics. We also find that these QDs exhibit zinc blende (ZB) structure that is consistent with that of the GaAs NW and their edges are faceted along particular surfaces. This hybrid structure may pave the way for the development of future nanowire-based optoelectronic devices.
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- Xin Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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Lim SK, Crawford S, Gradecak S. Growth mechanism of GaN nanowires: preferred nucleation site and effect of hydrogen. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 21:345604. [PMID: 20683137 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/34/345604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The growth mechanism of epitaxial GaN nanowires grown using particle-mediated chemical vapour deposition was investigated. By examining the diameter-dependent growth rate of GaN nanowires, we show that the kinetic reaction-limited growth of GaN nanowires originates from the combination of mono-nuclear and poly-nuclear growth rather than the Gibbs-Thompson effect. We present a generalized nucleation-mediated growth model to describe the diameter dependence of the nanowire growth rate and show that the nucleation of sources occurs at the vapour/liquid/solid three-phase boundary. From the same model, we demonstrate that increased hydrogen concentration in the carrier gas reduces the supersaturation, leading to a reduced GaN nanowire growth rate. Our approach can be applied to other nanowire materials systems, and it allows the determination of the preferred nucleation site during nanowire growth.
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- Sung K Lim
- Department of Materials and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Huang H, Ren X, Ye X, Guo J, Wang Q, Yang Y, Cai S, Huang Y. Growth of stacking-faults-free zinc blende GaAs nanowires on Si substrate by using AlGaAs/GaAs buffer layers. NANO LETTERS 2010; 10:64-68. [PMID: 20000817 DOI: 10.1021/nl902842g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Vertical GaAs nanowires on Si (111) substrate were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition via Au-catalyst vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. Stacking-faults-free zinc blende nanowires were realized by using AlGaAs/GaAs buffer layers and growing under the optimized conditions, that the alloy droplet act as a catalyst rather than an adatom collector and its size and composition would keep stable during growth. The stable droplet contributes to the growth of stacking-faults-free nanowires. Moreover, by using the buffer layers, epitaxial growth of well-aligned NWs was not limited by the misfit strain induced critical diameter, and the unintentional doping of the GaAs nanowires with Si was reduced.
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- Hui Huang
- Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China.
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Liu J, Liu J, Yang L, Chen X, Zhang M, Meng F, Luo T, Li M. Nanomaterial-assisted signal enhancement of hybridization for DNA biosensors: a review. SENSORS 2009; 9:7343-64. [PMID: 22399999 PMCID: PMC3290467 DOI: 10.3390/s90907343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2009] [Revised: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 09/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Detection of DNA sequences has received broad attention due to its potential applications in a variety of fields. As sensitivity of DNA biosensors is determined by signal variation of hybridization events, the signal enhancement is of great significance for improving the sensitivity in DNA detection, which still remains a great challenge. Nanomaterials, which possess some unique chemical and physical properties caused by nanoscale effects, provide a new opportunity for developing novel nanomaterial-based signal-enhancers for DNA biosensors. In this review, recent progress concerning this field, including some newly-developed signal enhancement approaches using quantum-dots, carbon nanotubes and their composites reported by our group and other researchers are comprehensively summarized. Reports on signal enhancement of DNA biosensors by non-nanomaterials, such as enzymes and polymer reagents, are also reviewed for comparison. Furthermore, the prospects for developing DNA biosensors using nanomaterials as signal-enhancers in future are also indicated.
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- Jinhuai Liu
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +86 551 5591142; Fax: +86 551 5591142
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