Propagation of amorphous oxide nanowires via the VLS mechanism: Growth kinetics

D Shakthivel, WT Navaraj, S Champet… - Nanoscale …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This work reports the growth kinetics of amorphous nanowires (NWs) developed by the
vapour–liquid–solid (VLS) mechanism. The model presented here incorporates all atomistic …

Thermally induced surface faceting on heteroepitaxial layers

Y Zhang, C Zhou, Y Zhu, GM **a, L Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Heteroepitaxial semiconductors such as Ge-on-Si are widely used in current opto-electronic
and electronic applications, and one of the most important challenges for epitaxial Ge-on-Si …

Growth of Au capped GeO2 nanowires for visible-light photodetection

A Ghosh, P Guha, S Mukherjee, R Bar, SK Ray… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
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Formation, evolution, and prevention of thermally induced defects on germanium and silicon upon high-temperature vacuum annealing

T Kim, MG Jeong, BJ Lee, J Lee - … of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This Letter reports the formation, evolution, and prevention of thermally induced defects on
germanium upon high-temperature (up to 890 C) vacuum (⁠ 2× 10− 6 Torr or 2.67× 10− 6 …

Controlled lateral growth of silica nanowires and coaxial nanowire heterostructures

RG Elliman, TH Kim, A Shalav… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Silica nanowires, grown on gold-coated silicon substrates by the active oxidation of silicon,
are shown to undergo an initial stage of rapid longitudinal growth, followed by a stage of …

The effect of annealing temperature, residual O2 partial pressure, and ambient flow rate on the growth of SiO x nanowires

Y Yang, A Shalav, T Kim, RG Elliman - Applied Physics A, 2012 - Springer
The active oxidation of a metal-coated Si substrate offers a convenient method to grow
dense silica nanowire films directly on the substrate surface. In this study we investigate the …

Unusually-high growth rate (∼ 2.8 μm/s) of germania nanowires and its hierarchical structures by an in-situ continuous precursor supply

S Wu, Q Chen, L Zhang, LY Dian, H Zhou, CS Tan - Ceramics International, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-dimensional nanostructured semiconductors are becoming the promising materials for
high-performance nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, and quantum devices. To enable these …

Metal Oxide Nanowire Growth via Intermediate Hydroxide Formation: A Thermochemical Assessment

A Shalav, RG Elliman - MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL), 2012 - cambridge.org
In this study we apply reaction thermodynamics to show that a significant volatile hydroxide
vapor partial pressure forms at a metal-oxide interface and is a likely precursor source for …