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Diameter-dependent growth rate of InAs nanowires

Fröberg, Linus LU ; Seifert, Werner LU and Johansson, Jonas LU orcid (2007) In Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 76.
Abstract
We have grown Au seeded InAs nanowires using chemical beam epitaxy and report on the growth rate

dependence on nanowire diameter. We find a maximum of the growth rate at a nanowire diameter of 25 nm,

below which the growth rate decreases due to the Gibbs-Thomson effect. Above the maximum, the growth rate

decreases with increasing diameter due to the effect of material diffusion to the growth point. A unified model,

which accounts for both the Gibbs-Thomson effect and material diffusion, is presented and successfully

compared to the experiments. From the comparison, we extract the diffusion length on the substrate surface

and a critical diameter, below which nanowire growth ceases, and... (More)
We have grown Au seeded InAs nanowires using chemical beam epitaxy and report on the growth rate

dependence on nanowire diameter. We find a maximum of the growth rate at a nanowire diameter of 25 nm,

below which the growth rate decreases due to the Gibbs-Thomson effect. Above the maximum, the growth rate

decreases with increasing diameter due to the effect of material diffusion to the growth point. A unified model,

which accounts for both the Gibbs-Thomson effect and material diffusion, is presented and successfully

compared to the experiments. From the comparison, we extract the diffusion length on the substrate surface

and a critical diameter, below which nanowire growth ceases, and show that these physical parameters can be

tuned by controlling the supersaturation. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{We have grown Au seeded InAs nanowires using chemical beam epitaxy and report on the growth rate<br/><br>
dependence on nanowire diameter. We find a maximum of the growth rate at a nanowire diameter of 25 nm,<br/><br>
below which the growth rate decreases due to the Gibbs-Thomson effect. Above the maximum, the growth rate<br/><br>
decreases with increasing diameter due to the effect of material diffusion to the growth point. A unified model,<br/><br>
which accounts for both the Gibbs-Thomson effect and material diffusion, is presented and successfully<br/><br>
compared to the experiments. From the comparison, we extract the diffusion length on the substrate surface<br/><br>
and a critical diameter, below which nanowire growth ceases, and show that these physical parameters can be<br/><br>
tuned by controlling the supersaturation.}},
  author       = {{Fröberg, Linus and Seifert, Werner and Johansson, Jonas}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics}},
  title        = {{Diameter-dependent growth rate of InAs nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.153401}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.76.153401}},
  volume       = {{76}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}