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Growth of Straight InAs-on-GaAs Nanowire Heterostructures.

Messing, Maria LU ; Wong-Leung, Jennifer ; Zanolli, Zeila ; Joyce, Hannah J ; Tan, H Hoe ; Gao, Qiang ; Wallenberg, Reine LU ; Johansson, Jonas LU orcid and Jagadish, Chennupati (2011) In Nano Letters 11(9). p.3899-3905
Abstract
One of the main motivations for the great interest in semiconductor nanowires is the possibility of easily growing advanced heterostructures that might be difficult or even impossible to achieve in thin films. For III-V semiconductor nanowires, axial heterostructures with an interchange of the group III element typically grow straight in only one interface direction. In the case of InAs-GaAs heterostructures, straight nanowire growth has been demonstrated for growth of GaAs on top of InAs, but so far never in the other direction. In this article, we demonstrate the growth of straight axial heterostructures of InAs on top of GaAs. The heterostructure interface is sharp and we observe a dependence on growth parameters closely related to... (More)
One of the main motivations for the great interest in semiconductor nanowires is the possibility of easily growing advanced heterostructures that might be difficult or even impossible to achieve in thin films. For III-V semiconductor nanowires, axial heterostructures with an interchange of the group III element typically grow straight in only one interface direction. In the case of InAs-GaAs heterostructures, straight nanowire growth has been demonstrated for growth of GaAs on top of InAs, but so far never in the other direction. In this article, we demonstrate the growth of straight axial heterostructures of InAs on top of GaAs. The heterostructure interface is sharp and we observe a dependence on growth parameters closely related to crystal structure as well as a diameter dependence on straight nanowire growth. The results are discussed by means of accurate first principles calculations of the interfacial energies. In addition, the role of the gold seed particle, the effect of its composition at different stages during growth, and its size are discussed in relation to the results observed. (Less)
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10.1021/nl202051w
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  author       = {{Messing, Maria and Wong-Leung, Jennifer and Zanolli, Zeila and Joyce, Hannah J and Tan, H Hoe and Gao, Qiang and Wallenberg, Reine and Johansson, Jonas and Jagadish, Chennupati}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{3899--3905}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Nano Letters}},
  title        = {{Growth of Straight InAs-on-GaAs Nanowire Heterostructures.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl202051w}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/nl202051w}},
  volume       = {{11}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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