Pure zinc blende GaAs nanowires were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition on GaAs(111)B substrates via Au catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. The diameter, size distribution, and density of Au particles can be changed by varying the Au film thickness. We find that the grown nanowires are of rod-like shapes and pure zinc blende structure; moreover, the growth rate depends on the density of Au particles and it is independent of its diameters. It can be concluded that the nanowire was grown with main contributions from the direct impingement of vapor species onto the Au-Ga droplets and contributions from adatom diffusion can be negligible. The results indicate that the droplet acts as a catalyst rather than an adatom collector.
Pure zinc blende GaAs nanowires were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition on GaAs(111)B substrates via Au catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. The diameter, size distribution, and density of Au particles can be changed by varying the Au film thickness. We find that the grown nanowires are of rod-like shapes and pure zinc blende structure; moreover, the growth rate depends on the density of Au particles and it is independent of its diameters. It can be concluded that the nanowire was grown with main contributions from the direct impingement of vapor species onto the Au-Ga droplets and contributions from adatom diffusion can be negligible. The results indicate that the droplet acts as a catalyst rather than an adatom collector.
YE Xian;HUANG Hui;REN Xiao-Min;YANG Yi-Su;GUO Jing-Wei;HUANG Yong-Qing;WANG Qi. Growth of Pure Zinc Blende GaAs Nanowires: Effect of Size and Density of Au Nanoparticles[J]. 中国物理快报, 2010, 27(4): 46101-046101.
YE Xian, HUANG Hui, REN Xiao-Min, YANG Yi-Su, GUO Jing-Wei, HUANG Yong-Qing, WANG Qi. Growth of Pure Zinc Blende GaAs Nanowires: Effect of Size and Density of Au Nanoparticles. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2010, 27(4): 46101-046101.
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