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Vertical "III-V" V-Shaped Nanomembranes Epitaxially Grown on a Patterned Si[001] Substrate and Their Enhanced Light Scattering

Conesa-Boj, Sonia ; Russo-Averchi, Eleonora ; Dalmau-Mallorqui, Anna ; Trevino, Jacob ; Pecora, Emanuele F. ; Forestiere, Carlo ; Handin, Alex ; Ek, Martin LU orcid ; Zweifel, Ludovit and Wallenberg, Reine LU , et al. (2012) In ACS Nano 6(12). p.10982-10991
Abstract
We report on a new form of III-IV compound semiconductor nanostructures growing epitaxially as vertical V-shaped nanomembranes on Si(001) and study their light-scattering properties. Precise position control of the InAs nanostructures in regular arrays is demonstrated by bottom-up synthesis using molecular beam epitaxy in nanoscale apertures on a SiO2 mask. The InAs V-shaped nanomembranes are found to originate from the two opposite facets of a rectangular pyramidal island nucleus and extend along two opposite < 111 > B directions, forming flat {110} walls. Dark-field scattering experiments, in combination with light-scattering theory, show the presence of distinctive shape-dependent optical resonances significantly enhancing the... (More)
We report on a new form of III-IV compound semiconductor nanostructures growing epitaxially as vertical V-shaped nanomembranes on Si(001) and study their light-scattering properties. Precise position control of the InAs nanostructures in regular arrays is demonstrated by bottom-up synthesis using molecular beam epitaxy in nanoscale apertures on a SiO2 mask. The InAs V-shaped nanomembranes are found to originate from the two opposite facets of a rectangular pyramidal island nucleus and extend along two opposite < 111 > B directions, forming flat {110} walls. Dark-field scattering experiments, in combination with light-scattering theory, show the presence of distinctive shape-dependent optical resonances significantly enhancing the local intensity of incident electromagnetic fields over tunable spectral regions. These new nanostructures could have interesting potential in nanosensors, infrared light emitters, and nonlinear optical elements. (Less)
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III-V nanostructures, nanomembranes, V-shape, nucleation, light, scattering
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ACS Nano
volume
6
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12
pages
10982 - 10991
publisher
The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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  • wos:000312563600062
  • scopus:84871591984
  • pmid:23176345
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1936-086X
DOI
10.1021/nn304526k
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Polymer and Materials Chemistry (LTH) (011001041)
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  abstract     = {{We report on a new form of III-IV compound semiconductor nanostructures growing epitaxially as vertical V-shaped nanomembranes on Si(001) and study their light-scattering properties. Precise position control of the InAs nanostructures in regular arrays is demonstrated by bottom-up synthesis using molecular beam epitaxy in nanoscale apertures on a SiO2 mask. The InAs V-shaped nanomembranes are found to originate from the two opposite facets of a rectangular pyramidal island nucleus and extend along two opposite &lt; 111 &gt; B directions, forming flat {110} walls. Dark-field scattering experiments, in combination with light-scattering theory, show the presence of distinctive shape-dependent optical resonances significantly enhancing the local intensity of incident electromagnetic fields over tunable spectral regions. These new nanostructures could have interesting potential in nanosensors, infrared light emitters, and nonlinear optical elements.}},
  author       = {{Conesa-Boj, Sonia and Russo-Averchi, Eleonora and Dalmau-Mallorqui, Anna and Trevino, Jacob and Pecora, Emanuele F. and Forestiere, Carlo and Handin, Alex and Ek, Martin and Zweifel, Ludovit and Wallenberg, Reine and Rueffer, Daniel and Heiss, Martin and Troadec, David and Dal Negro, Luca and Caroff, Philippe and Fontcuberta i Morral, Anna}},
  issn         = {{1936-086X}},
  keywords     = {{III-V nanostructures; nanomembranes; V-shape; nucleation; light; scattering}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{10982--10991}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{ACS Nano}},
  title        = {{Vertical "III-V" V-Shaped Nanomembranes Epitaxially Grown on a Patterned Si[001] Substrate and Their Enhanced Light Scattering}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn304526k}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/nn304526k}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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