Inducing imperfections in germanium nanowires
dc.contributor.author | Biswas, Subhajit | |
dc.contributor.author | Barth, Sven | |
dc.contributor.author | Holmes, Justin D. | |
dc.contributor.funder | Science Foundation Ireland | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-17T12:20:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-17T12:20:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-02 | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-01-16T17:27:22Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Nanowires with inhomogeneous heterostructures such as polytypes and periodic twin boundaries are interesting due to their potential use as components for optical, electrical, and thermophysical applications. Additionally, the incorporation of metal impurities in semiconductor nanowires could substantially alter their electronic and optical properties. In this highlight article, we review our recent progress and understanding in the deliberate induction of imperfections, in terms of both twin boundaries and additional impurities in germanium nanowires for new/enhanced functionalities. The role of catalysts and catalyst–nanowire interfaces for the growth of engineered nanowires via a three-phase paradigm is explored. Three-phase bottom-up growth is a feasible way to incorporate and engineer imperfections such as crystal defects and impurities in semiconductor nanowires via catalyst and/or interfacial manipulation. “Epitaxial defect transfer” process and catalyst–nanowire interfacial engineering are employed to induce twin defects parallel and perpendicular to the nanowire growth axis. By inducing and manipulating twin boundaries in the metal catalysts, twin formation and density are controlled in Ge nanowires. The formation of Ge polytypes is also observed in nanowires for the growth of highly dense lateral twin boundaries. Additionally, metal impurity in the form of Sn is injected and engineered via third-party metal catalysts resulting in above-equilibrium incorporation of Sn adatoms in Ge nanowires. Sn impurities are precipitated into Ge bi-layers during Ge nanowire growth, where the impurity Sn atoms become trapped with the deposition of successive layers, thus giving an extraordinary Sn content (>6 at.%) in Ge nanowires. A larger amount of Sn impingement (>9 at.%) is further encouraged by utilizing the eutectic solubility of Sn in Ge along with impurity trapping. | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Submitted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Biswas, S., Barth, S. and Holmes, J. D. (2017) 'Inducing imperfections in germanium nanowires', Nano Research, 10(5), pp. 1510-1523. doi:10.1007/s12274-017-1430-9 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12274-017-1430-9 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 1523 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1998-0124 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1998-0000 | |
dc.identifier.issued | 5 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Nano Research | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1510 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/5288 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 10 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag | en |
dc.relation.project | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Investigator Programme/14/IA/2513/IE/Silicon Compatible, Direct Band-Gap Nanowire Materials For Beyond-CMOS Devices/ | en |
dc.relation.project | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI International Strategic Co-operation Award (ISCA) India Ireland program) | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12274-017-1430-9 | |
dc.rights | © Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2017. This is a pre-print of an article published in Nano Research. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1430-9 | en |
dc.subject | Germanium | en |
dc.subject | Nanowire | en |
dc.subject | Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) | en |
dc.subject | Growth | en |
dc.subject | Twinning | en |
dc.subject | Impurity incorporation | en |
dc.subject | III-V nanowires | en |
dc.subject | Silicon nanowires | en |
dc.subject | Defect formation | en |
dc.subject | GE nanowires | en |
dc.subject | Twinning superlattices | en |
dc.subject | Nanoelectromechanical devices | en |
dc.subject | Stacking-faults | en |
dc.subject | Growth | en |
dc.subject | Semiconductors | en |
dc.subject | Performance | en |
dc.title | Inducing imperfections in germanium nanowires | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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