Au-Assisted Substrate-Faceting for Inclined Nanowire Growth
arXiv:2004.07080 · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00853
Abstract
We study the role of gold droplets in the initial stage of nanowire growth via the vapor liquid solid method. Apart from serving as a collections center for growth species, the gold droplets carry an additional crucial role that necessarily precedes the nanowire emergence, that is, they assist the nucleation of nanocraters with strongly faceted 111B side walls. Only once these facets become sufficiently large and regular, the gold droplets start nucleating and guiding the growth of nanowires. We show that this dual role of the gold droplets can be detected and monitored by high energy electron diffraction during growth. Moreover, gold induced formation of craters and the onset of nanowires growth on the 111B facets inside the craters are confirmed by the results of Monte Carlo simulations. The detailed insight into the growth mechanism of inclined nanowires will help to engineer new and complex nanowire based device architectures.
arXiv comment17 pages with 5 figures (main). 7 pages with 7 figures (Supplementary Information). This manuscript was published in Nano Letters on 2018
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