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The structure of <1 1 1 > B oriented GaP nanowires

Johansson, Jonas LU orcid ; Karlsson, Lisa LU ; Svensson, Patrik ; Mårtensson, Thomas LU ; Wacaser, Brent LU ; Deppert, Knut LU orcid and Samuelson, Lars LU (2007) In Journal of Crystal Growth 298. p.635-639
Abstract
Nanowires of zinc blende crystal structure, grown in the < 111 > B direction usually have a large number of twin plane defects. In order to investigate this phenomenon, we grow GaP nanowires with metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. By rotating the nanowires in a high resolution transmission electron microscope, we show that the nanowire segments between the twin planes are of octahedral shape and are terminated by {111} facets. Due to the alternating orientations of these twin octahedra, the sidewalls of the nanowires can be described as microfaceted surfaces with an overall orientation of 11 1 2}, but composed of alternating 11 1 I}A and {1 I 1}B facets. Moreover, the segment thicknesses follow exponential distributions, which show... (More)
Nanowires of zinc blende crystal structure, grown in the < 111 > B direction usually have a large number of twin plane defects. In order to investigate this phenomenon, we grow GaP nanowires with metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. By rotating the nanowires in a high resolution transmission electron microscope, we show that the nanowire segments between the twin planes are of octahedral shape and are terminated by {111} facets. Due to the alternating orientations of these twin octahedra, the sidewalls of the nanowires can be described as microfaceted surfaces with an overall orientation of 11 1 2}, but composed of alternating 11 1 I}A and {1 I 1}B facets. Moreover, the segment thicknesses follow exponential distributions, which show that there is a certain probability of twin plane formation, which is independent of segment thickness. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, nanomaterials, crystal morphology, planar defects
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635 - 639
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0022-0248
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10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.10.175
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  abstract     = {{Nanowires of zinc blende crystal structure, grown in the &lt; 111 &gt; B direction usually have a large number of twin plane defects. In order to investigate this phenomenon, we grow GaP nanowires with metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. By rotating the nanowires in a high resolution transmission electron microscope, we show that the nanowire segments between the twin planes are of octahedral shape and are terminated by {111} facets. Due to the alternating orientations of these twin octahedra, the sidewalls of the nanowires can be described as microfaceted surfaces with an overall orientation of 11 1 2}, but composed of alternating 11 1 I}A and {1 I 1}B facets. Moreover, the segment thicknesses follow exponential distributions, which show that there is a certain probability of twin plane formation, which is independent of segment thickness. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Jonas and Karlsson, Lisa and Svensson, Patrik and Mårtensson, Thomas and Wacaser, Brent and Deppert, Knut and Samuelson, Lars}},
  issn         = {{0022-0248}},
  keywords     = {{metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy; nanomaterials; crystal morphology; planar defects}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{635--639}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Crystal Growth}},
  title        = {{The structure of <1 1 1 > B oriented GaP nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.10.175}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.10.175}},
  volume       = {{298}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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