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Twinning in ultrathin silicon nanowires

  • Jinhua Zhan , Yoshio Bando , Junqing Hu and Dmitri Golberg
Published/Copyright: May 31, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 97 Issue 5

Abstract

Galium nanodroplets induced the anisotropic growth of ultrathin (diameter (<5nm) silicon nanowires in accordance with the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism. X-ray diffraction and dispersion spectroscopy, and scanning, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize the product. High-resolution TEM analysis revealed the existence of twins in the nanowires. In contrast to the theoretically predicated 5-fold twinning in ultrathin Si nanowires (diameter (<6nm), no twinning on the {111} planes along the wire axial directions was observed. The possible reasons for the formation of novel nanostructures are discussed.

Keywords: Silicon; Nanowires; Vapor-liquid-solid growth; Transmission electron microscopy; Twins
* Correspondence address: Dr. Jinhua Zhan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tuskuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, Tel.: +812985133548599, Fax: +81298516280. E-mail:

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Fritz Aldinger on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Received: 2005-10-19
Accepted: 2006-2-16
Published Online: 2013-05-31
Published in Print: 2006-05-01

© 2006, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101266
Keywords for this article
Silicon; Nanowires; Vapor-liquid-solid growth; Transmission electron microscopy; Twins

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