Semiconductor nanowires have attracted extensive interest as one of the best-defined
classes of nanoscale building blocks for the bottom-up assembly of functional electronic and …

The quest for nanoscaling has extended beyond traditional metal oxides (1-4) and metal
(0),(5) as exemplified by the huge development of “quantum dots” chalcogenide …

Semiconductor nanowires have demonstrated exciting properties for nanophotonics,
sensors, energy technologies, and end-of-roadmap and beyond-roadmap electronic …

Crystal growth often proceeds by atomic step flow. When the surface area available for
growth is limited, the nucleation and progression of the steps can be affected. This issue is …

The main challenge for light-emitting diodes is to increase the efficiency in the green part of
the spectrum. Gallium phosphide (GaP) with the normal cubic crystal structure has an …

Silicon, arguably the most important technological semiconductor, is predicted to exhibit a
range of new and interesting properties when grown in the hexagonal crystal structure. To …

Aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) with high angle
annular dark field (HAADF) imaging and the newly developed annular bright field (ABF) …

By employing various high-resolution metrology techniques we directly probe the material
composition profile within GaAs–Al0. 3Ga0. 7As core–shell nanowires grown by molecular …

Semiconductor nanowires have made a deep impact on materials science related research,
and are being explored for applications in several disciplines. Many of these applications …

Hybrid silicon nanowires with an integrated light-emitting segment can significantly advance
nanoelectronics and nanophotonics. They would combine transport and optical …