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Zeng L, Olsson E. Unveiling Variations in Electronic and Atomic Structures Due to Nanoscale Wurtzite and Zinc Blende Phase Separation in GaAs Nanowires. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:6644-6650. [PMID: 38767455 PMCID: PMC11157649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Phase separation is an intriguing phenomenon often found in III-V nanostructures, but its effect on the atomic and electronic structures of III-V nanomaterials is still not fully understood. Here we study the variations in atomic arrangement and band structure due to the coexistence of wurtzite (WZ) and zinc blende (ZB) phases in single GaAs nanowires by using scanning transmission electron microscopy and monochromated electron energy loss spectroscopy. The WZ lattice distances are found to be larger (by ∼1%), along both the nanowire length direction and the perpendicular direction, than the ZB lattice. The band gap of the WZ phase is ∼20 meV smaller than that of the ZB phase. A shift of ∼70 meV in the conduction band edge between the two phases is also found. The direct and local measurements in single GaAs nanowires reveal important effects of phase separation on the properties of individual III-V nanostructures.
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- Lunjie Zeng
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Dubrovskii VG. Circumventing the Uncertainties of the Liquid Phase in the Compositional Control of VLS III-V Ternary Nanowires Based on Group V Intermix. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:207. [PMID: 38251170 PMCID: PMC10819397 DOI: 10.3390/nano14020207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Control over the composition of III-V ternary nanowires grown by the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) method is essential for bandgap engineering in such nanomaterials and for the fabrication of functional nanowire heterostructures for a variety of applications. From the fundamental viewpoint, III-V ternary nanowires based on group V intermix (InSbxAs1-x, InPxAs1-x, GaPxAs1-x and many others) present the most difficult case, because the concentrations of highly volatile group V atoms in a catalyst droplet are beyond the detection limit of any characterization technique and therefore principally unknown. Here, we present a model for the vapor-solid distribution of such nanowires, which fully circumvents the uncertainties that remained in the theory so far, and we link the nanowire composition to the well-controlled parameters of vapor. The unknown concentrations of group V atoms in the droplet do not enter the distribution, despite the fact that a growing solid is surrounded by the liquid phase. The model fits satisfactorily the available data on the vapor-solid distributions of VLS InSbxAs1-x, InPxAs1-x and GaPxAs1-x nanowires grown using different catalysts. Even more importantly, it provides a basis for the compositional control of III-V ternary nanowires based on group V intermix, and it can be extended over other material systems where two highly volatile elements enter a ternary solid alloy through a liquid phase.
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- Vladimir G Dubrovskii
- Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 13B, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Jakob J, Schroth P, Feigl L, Al Humaidi M, Al Hassan A, Davtyan A, Hauck D, Pietsch U, Baumbach T. Correlating in situ RHEED and XRD to study growth dynamics of polytypism in nanowires. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:13095-13107. [PMID: 34477793 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02320a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Design of novel nanowire (NW) based semiconductor devices requires deep understanding and technological control of NW growth. Therefore, quantitative feedback over the structure evolution of the NW ensemble during growth is highly desirable. We analyse and compare the methodical potential of reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and X-ray diffraction reciprocal space imaging (XRD) for in situ growth characterization during molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE). Simultaneously recorded in situ RHEED and in situ XRD intensities show strongly differing temporal behaviour and provide evidence of the highly complementary information value of both diffraction techniques. Exploiting the complementarity by a correlative data analysis presently offers the most comprehensive experimental access to the growth dynamics of statistical NW ensembles under standard MBE growth conditions. In particular, the combination of RHEED and XRD allows for translating quantitatively the time-resolved information into a height-resolved information on the crystalline structure without a priori assumptions on the growth model. Furthermore, we demonstrate, how careful analysis of in situ RHEED if supported by ex situ XRD and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), all usually available at conventional MBE laboratories, can also provide highly quantitative feedback on polytypism during growth allowing validation of current vapour-liquid-solid (VLS) growth models.
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- Julian Jakob
- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kaiserstraße 12, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Recent Progress on the Gold-Free Integration of Ternary III-As Antimonide Nanowires Directly on Silicon. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10102064. [PMID: 33086569 PMCID: PMC7603276 DOI: 10.3390/nano10102064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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During the last few years, there has been renewed interest in the monolithic integration of gold-free, Ternary III–As Antimonide (III–As–Sb) compound semiconductor materials on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)—compatible silicon substrate to exploit its scalability, and relative abundance in high-performance and cost-effective integrated circuits based on the well-established technology. Ternary III–As–Sb nanowires (NWs) hold enormous promise for the fabrication of high-performance optoelectronic nanodevices with tunable bandgap. However, the direct epitaxial growth of gold-free ternary III–As–Sb NWs on silicon is extremely challenging, due to the surfactant effect of Sb. This review highlights the recent progress towards the monolithic integration of III–As–Sb NWs on Si. First, a comprehensive and in-depth review of recent progress made in the gold-free growth of III–As–Sb NWs directly on Si is explicated, followed by a detailed description of the root cause of Sb surfactant effect and its influence on the morphology and structural properties of Au-free ternary III–As–Sb NWs. Then, the various strategies that have been successfully deployed for mitigating the Sb surfactant effect for enhanced Sb incorporation are highlighted. Finally, recent advances made in the development of CMOS compatible, Ternary III–As–Sb NWs based, high-performance optoelectronic devices are elucidated.
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Jakob J, Schroth P, Feigl L, Hauck D, Pietsch U, Baumbach T. Quantitative analysis of time-resolved RHEED during growth of vertical nanowires. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:5471-5482. [PMID: 32083629 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr09621c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present an approach for quantitative evaluation of time-resolved reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) intensity patterns measured during the growth of vertical, free-standing nanowires (NWs). The approach considers shadowing due to attenuation by absorption and extinction within the individual nanowires and estimates the time dependence of its influence on the RHEED signal of the nanowire ensemble as a function of instrumental RHEED parameters and the growth dynamics averaged over the nanowire ensemble. The developed RHEED simulation model takes into account the nanowire structure evolution related to essential growth aspects, such as axial growth, radial growth with tapering and facet growth, as well as so-called parasitic intergrowth on the substrate. It also considers the influence of the NW density, which turns out to be a sensitive parameter for the time-dependent interpretation of the intensity patterns. Finally, the application potential is demonstrated by evaluating experimental data obtained during molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) of self-catalysed GaAs nanowires. We demonstrate, how electron shadowing enables a time-resolved analysis of the crystal structure evolution at the top part of the growing NWs. The approach offers direct access to study growth dynamics of polytypism in nanowire ensembles at the growth front region under standard growth conditions.
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- Julian Jakob
- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kaiserstraße 12, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Lazarev S, Göransson DJO, Borgström M, Messing ME, Xu HQ, Dzhigaev D, Yefanov OM, Bauer S, Baumbach T, Feidenhans'l R, Samuelson L, Vartanyants IA. Revealing misfit dislocations in InAs x P 1-x -InP core-shell nanowires by x-ray diffraction. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:505703. [PMID: 31480023 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab40f1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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InAs x P1-x nanowires are promising building blocks for future optoelectronic devices and nanoelectronics. Their structure may vary from nanowire to nanowire, which may influence their average optoelectronic properties. Therefore, it is highly important for their applications to know the average properties of an ensemble of the nanowires. Structural properties of the InAs x P1-x -InP core-shell nanowires were investigated using the coplanar x-ray diffraction performed at a synchrotron facility. Studies of series of symmetric and asymmetric x-ray Bragg reflections allowed us to determine the 26% ± 3% of As chemical composition in the InAs x P1-x core, core-shell relaxation, and the average tilt of the nanowires with respect to the substrate normal. Based on the x-ray diffraction, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy measurements, a model of the core-shell relaxation was proposed. Partial relaxation of the core was attributed to misfit dislocations formed at the core-shell interface and their linear density was estimated to be 3.3 ± 0.3 × 104 cm-1.
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- Sergey Lazarev
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), pr. Lenina 30, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
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In situ analysis of catalyst composition during gold catalyzed GaAs nanowire growth. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4577. [PMID: 31594930 PMCID: PMC6783420 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12437-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Semiconductor nanowires offer the opportunity to incorporate novel structures and functionality into electronic and optoelectronic devices. A clear understanding of the nanowire growth mechanism is essential for well-controlled growth of structures with desired properties, but the understanding is currently limited by a lack of empirical measurements of important parameters during growth, such as catalyst particle composition. However, this is difficult to accurately determine by investigating post-growth. We report direct in situ measurement of the catalyst composition during nanowire growth for the first time. We study Au-seeded GaAs nanowires inside an electron microscope as they grow and measure the catalyst composition using X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy. The Ga content in the catalyst during growth increases with both temperature and Ga precursor flux. Semiconductor nanowires are promising materials for miniaturized devices, but a thorough understanding of their growth mechanism is necessary for controlled synthesis. Here, the authors use in situ spectroscopy and microscopy to measure the composition of the catalyst droplet as a function of different growth parameters during Au-seeded GaAs nanowire growth.
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Schroth P, Al Humaidi M, Feigl L, Jakob J, Al Hassan A, Davtyan A, Küpers H, Tahraoui A, Geelhaar L, Pietsch U, Baumbach T. Impact of the Shadowing Effect on the Crystal Structure of Patterned Self-Catalyzed GaAs Nanowires. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:4263-4271. [PMID: 31150261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The growth of regular arrays of uniform III-V semiconductor nanowires is a crucial step on the route toward their application-relevant large-scale integration onto the Si platform. To this end, not only does optimal vertical yield, length, and diameter uniformity have to be engineered, but also, control over the nanowire crystal structure has to be achieved. Depending on the particular application, nanowire arrays with varying area density are required for optimal device efficiency. However, the nanowire area density substantially influences the nanowire growth and presents an additional challenge for nanowire device engineering. We report on the simultaneous in situ X-ray investigation of regular GaAs nanowire arrays with different area density during self-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid growth on Si by molecular-beam epitaxy. Our results give novel insight into selective-area growth and demonstrate that shadowing of the Ga flux, occurring in dense nanowire arrays, has a crucial impact on the evolution of nanowire crystal structure. We observe that the onset of Ga flux shadowing, dependent on array pitch and nanowire length, is accompanied by an increase of the wurtzite formation rate. Our results moreover reveal the paramount role of the secondary reflected Ga flux for VLS NW growth (specifically, that flux that is reflected directly into the liquid Ga droplet).
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- Philipp Schroth
- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics , University of Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2 , D-57068 Siegen , Germany
- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Kaiserstraße 12 , D-76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics , University of Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2 , D-57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Kaiserstraße 12 , D-76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics , University of Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2 , D-57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics , University of Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2 , D-57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. , Hausvogteiplatz 5-7 , 10117 Berlin , Germany
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- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. , Hausvogteiplatz 5-7 , 10117 Berlin , Germany
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- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. , Hausvogteiplatz 5-7 , 10117 Berlin , Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics , University of Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2 , D-57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Kaiserstraße 12 , D-76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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Krause B, Kuznetsov DS, Yakshin AE, Ibrahimkutty S, Baumbach T, Bijkerk F. In situ and real-time monitoring of structure formation during non-reactive sputter deposition of lanthanum and reactive sputter deposition of lanthanum nitride. J Appl Crystallogr 2018; 51:1013-1020. [PMID: 30100825 PMCID: PMC6068614 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576718007367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A real-time synchrotron radiation study of the crystalline phase, texture formation and resulting surface roughness during deposition of thin La and LaN films is presented. For LaN, the theoretically predicted metastable wurtzite and zincblende structures were found, while La assumes the expected NaCl structure. Lanthanum and lanthanum nitride thin films were deposited by magnetron sputtering onto silicon wafers covered by natural oxide. In situ and real-time synchrotron radiation experiments during deposition reveal that lanthanum crystallizes in the face-centred cubic bulk phase. Lanthanum nitride, however, does not form the expected NaCl structure but crystallizes in the theoretically predicted metastable wurtzite and zincblende phases, whereas post-growth nitridation results in zincblende LaN. During deposition of the initial 2–3 nm, amorphous or disordered films with very small crystallites form, while the surface becomes smoother. At larger thicknesses, the La and LaN crystallites are preferentially oriented with the close-packed lattice planes parallel to the substrate surface. For LaN, the onset of texture formation coincides with a sudden increase in roughness. For La, the smoothing process continues even during crystal formation, up to a thickness of about 6 nm. This different growth behaviour is probably related to the lower mobility of the nitride compared with the metal. It is likely that the characteristic void structure of nitride thin films, and the similarity between the crystal structures of wurtzite LaN and La2O3, evoke the different degradation behaviours of La/B and LaN/B multilayer mirrors for off-normal incidence at 6.x nm wavelength.
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- Bärbel Krause
- Institut für Photonenforschung und Synchrotronstrahlung (IPS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Photonenforschung und Synchrotronstrahlung (IPS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.,Laboratorium für Applikationen der Synchrotronstrahlung (LAS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Schroth P, Jakob J, Feigl L, Mostafavi Kashani SM, Vogel J, Strempfer J, Keller TF, Pietsch U, Baumbach T. Radial Growth of Self-Catalyzed GaAs Nanowires and the Evolution of the Liquid Ga-Droplet Studied by Time-Resolved in Situ X-ray Diffraction. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:101-108. [PMID: 29283268 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report on a growth study of self-catalyzed GaAs nanowires based on time-resolved in situ X-ray structure characterization during molecular-beam-epitaxy in combination with ex situ scanning-electron-microscopy. We reveal the evolution of nanowire radius and polytypism and distinguish radial growth processes responsible for tapering and side-wall growth. We interpret our results using a model for diameter self-stabilization processes during growth of self-catalyzed GaAs nanowires including the shape of the liquid Ga-droplet and its evolution during growth.
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- Philipp Schroth
- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, University of Siegen , Walter-Flex Straße 3, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Kaiserstraße 12, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Kaiserstraße 12, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, University of Siegen , Walter-Flex Straße 3, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Fachbereich Physik, Universität Hamburg , Jungiusstraße 9, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, University of Siegen , Walter-Flex Straße 3, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Kaiserstraße 12, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Koivusalo E, Hakkarainen T, Guina M. Structural Investigation of Uniform Ensembles of Self-Catalyzed GaAs Nanowires Fabricated by a Lithography-Free Technique. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2017; 12:192. [PMID: 28314359 PMCID: PMC5355414 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-1989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Structural analysis of self-catalyzed GaAs nanowires (NWs) grown on lithography-free oxide patterns is described with insight on their growth kinetics. Statistical analysis of templates and NWs in different phases of the growth reveals extremely high-dimensional uniformity due to a combination of uniform nucleation sites, lack of secondary nucleation of NWs, and self-regulated growth under the effect of nucleation antibunching. Consequently, we observed the first evidence of sub-Poissonian GaAs NW length distributions. The high phase purity of the NWs is demonstrated using complementary transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution X-ray diffractometry (HR-XRD). It is also shown that, while NWs are to a large extent defect-free with up to 2-μm-long twin-free zincblende segments, low-temperature micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy reveals that the proportion of structurally disordered sections can be detected from their spectral properties.
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- Eero Koivusalo
- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720, Tampere, Finland.
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720, Tampere, Finland
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720, Tampere, Finland
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Kowarik S. Thin film growth studies using time-resolved x-ray scattering. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:043003. [PMID: 27875334 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/29/4/043003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Thin-film growth is important for novel functional materials and new generations of devices. The non-equilibrium growth physics involved is very challenging, because the energy landscape for atomic scale processes is determined by many parameters, such as the diffusion and Ehrlich-Schwoebel barriers. We review the in situ real-time techniques of x-ray diffraction (XRD), x-ray growth oscillations and diffuse x-ray scattering (GISAXS) for the determination of structure and morphology on length scales from Å to µm. We give examples of time resolved growth experiments mainly from molecular thin film growth, but also highlight growth of inorganic materials using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and electrochemical deposition from liquids. We discuss how scaling parameters of rate equation models and fundamental energy barriers in kinetic Monte Carlo methods can be determined from fits of the real-time x-ray data.
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- Stefan Kowarik
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Köhl M, Schroth P, Baumbach T. Perspectives and limitations of symmetric X-ray Bragg reflections for inspecting polytypism in nanowires. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2016; 23:487-500. [PMID: 26917137 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516000333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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X-ray diffraction, possibly time-resolved during growth or annealing, is an important technique for the investigation of polytypism in free-standing nanowires. A major advantage of the X-ray diffraction approach for adequately chosen beam conditions is its high statistical significance in comparison with transmission electron microscopy. In this manuscript the interpretation of such X-ray intensity distribution is discussed, and is shown to be non-trivial and non-unique given measurements of the [111]c or [333]c reflection of polytypic nanowires grown in the (111)c direction. In particular, the diffracted intensity distributions for several statistical distributions of the polytypes inside the nanowires are simulated and compared. As an example, polytypic GaAs nanowires are employed, grown on a Si-(111) substrate with an interplanar spacing of the Ga (or As) planes in the wurtzite arrangement that is 0.7% larger than in the zinc blende arrangement along the (111)c direction. Most importantly, ambiguities of high experimental relevance in the case of strongly fluctuating length of the defect-free polytype segments in the nanowires are demonstrated. As a consequence of these ambiguities, a large set of deviations from the widely used Markov model for the stacking sequences of the nanowires cannot be detected in the X-ray diffraction data. Thus, the results here are of high relevance for the proper interpretation of such data.
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- Martin Köhl
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Lehmann S, Jacobsson D, Dick KA. Crystal phase control in GaAs nanowires: opposing trends in the Ga- and As-limited growth regimes. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 26:301001. [PMID: 26160888 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/30/301001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
Here we demonstrate the existence of two distinct regimes for tuning crystal structure in GaAs nanowires from zinc blende to wurtzite using a single process parameter: V/III-ratio, or variation of the group V precursor flow. Extensive previous studies have shown that crystal structure is sensitive to V/III-ratio, and even that it is possible to change structure entirely using this single parameter. However, an open question has remained about whether the observed dependencies are related to growth technique or types of precursors used. Specifically, opposite trends have been reported for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and metal organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE): while wurtzite GaAs growth is reported for high nominal V/III-ratio in MBE, zinc blende GaAs is formed in MOVPE under apparently the same parameter change (increasing precursor V/III-ratio). Here we show that these observations are not necessarily contradictory, as it may first appear, by providing a consolidated picture covering all regimes in one MOVPE growth machine only. More precisely, we observe wurtzite formation for medium nominal V/III-ratios with a critical sensitivity to the balance between Ga and As supply. Slight deviations from wurtzite conditions will result in zinc blende formation for either low V/III-ratio in the As-limited regime or high V/III-ratio in the Ga-limited regime. Our observations strongly indicate that the applied growth conditions are the crucial ingredients for crystal structure control in GaAs nanowires rather than the growth technique or precursors used.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sebastian Lehmann
- Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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