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Growth of Self-Catalyzed InAs/InSb Axial Heterostructured Nanowires: Experiment and Theory. / Arif, Omer ; Zannier, Valentina ; Dubrovskii, Vladimir G. ; Shtrom, Igor V. ; Rossi, Francesca; Beltram, Fabio ; Sorba, Lucia .
In: Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, No. 3, 494, 03.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth of Self-Catalyzed InAs/InSb Axial Heterostructured Nanowires: Experiment and Theory
AU - Arif, Omer
AU - Zannier, Valentina
AU - Dubrovskii, Vladimir G.
AU - Shtrom, Igor V.
AU - Rossi, Francesca
AU - Beltram, Fabio
AU - Sorba, Lucia
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - The growth mechanisms of self-catalyzed InAs/InSb axial nanowire heterostructures are thoroughly investigated as a function of the In and Sb line pressures and growth time. Some interesting phenomena are observed and analyzed. In particular, the presence of In droplet on top of InSb segment is shown to be essential for forming axial heterostructures in the self-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid mode. Axial versus radial growth rates of InSb segment are investigated under different growth conditions and described within a dedicated model containing no free parameters. It is shown that widening of InSb segment with respect to InAs stem is controlled by the vapor-solid growth on the nanowire sidewalls rather than by the droplet swelling. The In droplet can even shrink smaller than the nanowire facet under Sb-rich conditions. These results shed more light on the growth mechanisms of self-catalyzed heterostructures and give clear route for engineering the morphology of InAs/InSb axial nanowire heterostructures for different applications.
AB - The growth mechanisms of self-catalyzed InAs/InSb axial nanowire heterostructures are thoroughly investigated as a function of the In and Sb line pressures and growth time. Some interesting phenomena are observed and analyzed. In particular, the presence of In droplet on top of InSb segment is shown to be essential for forming axial heterostructures in the self-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid mode. Axial versus radial growth rates of InSb segment are investigated under different growth conditions and described within a dedicated model containing no free parameters. It is shown that widening of InSb segment with respect to InAs stem is controlled by the vapor-solid growth on the nanowire sidewalls rather than by the droplet swelling. The In droplet can even shrink smaller than the nanowire facet under Sb-rich conditions. These results shed more light on the growth mechanisms of self-catalyzed heterostructures and give clear route for engineering the morphology of InAs/InSb axial nanowire heterostructures for different applications.
KW - нитевидные нанокристаллы
KW - Химическая пучковая эпитаксия
KW - автокаталитический рост
KW - InSb ННК
KW - InSb nanowires
KW - axial heterostructures
KW - self-catalyzed growth
KW - modelling
KW - Self-catalyzed growth
KW - Modelling
KW - Axial heterostructures
KW - CONTACT-ANGLE
KW - GAAS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081199406&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/07b9265a-a48f-378d-be6d-15e10c3fb688/
U2 - 10.3390/nano10030494
DO - 10.3390/nano10030494
M3 - Article
VL - 10
JO - Nanomaterials
JF - Nanomaterials
SN - 2079-4991
IS - 3
M1 - 494
ER -
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