Quality of epitaxial InAs nanowires controlled by catalyst size in molecular beam epitaxy

In this study, the structural quality of Au-catalyzed InAs nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated. Through detailed electron microscopy characterizations and analysis of binary Au-In phase diagram, it is found that defect-free InAs nanowires can be induced by smaller catalysts wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2013-08, Vol.103 (7)
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Zhi, Lu, Zhen-Yu, Chen, Ping-Ping, Xu, Hong-Yi, Guo, Ya-Nan, Liao, Zhi-Ming, Shi, Sui-Xing, Lu, Wei, Zou, Jin
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Zusammenfassung:In this study, the structural quality of Au-catalyzed InAs nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated. Through detailed electron microscopy characterizations and analysis of binary Au-In phase diagram, it is found that defect-free InAs nanowires can be induced by smaller catalysts with a high In concentration, while comparatively larger catalysts containing less In induce defected InAs nanowires. This study indicates that the structural quality of InAs nanowires can be controlled by the size of Au catalysts when other growth conditions remain as constants.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4818682