Self-nucleation and growth of group III-antimonide nanowires

abstract

• In this paper, we show that the growth of III-antimonides can occur via self-catalysis using either group III metal or Sb clusters at their tips. Specific experiments using GaSb and InSb systems show that bulk nucleation and growth of the respective antimonide wires can also occur from mm-sized droplets. The role of equilibrium solubility and the size of the droplet on bulk nucleation versus tip-led growth is discussed. 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Vaddiraju, Sreeram

published proceedings

• SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Pendyala, C., Vaddiraju, S., Kim, J. H., Jacinski, J., Chen, Z., & Sunkara, M. K.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• Pendyala, Chandrashekhar||Vaddiraju, Sreeram||Kim, Jeong H||Jacinski, Jacek||Chen, Zhiqiang||Sunkara, Mahendra K

publication date

• February 2010

publisher

• IOP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Semiconductor Science and Technology  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4009 Electronics, Sensors And Digital Hardware
• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5104 Condensed Matter Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/0268-1242/25/2/024014

start page

• 024014

end page

• 024014

volume

• 25

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/25/2/024014