Cathode-Control Alloying at an Au-ZnSe Nanowire Contact via in Situ Joule Heating

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/29/8/088105

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2012, Vol. 29

Issue (8): 088105 DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/29/8/088105

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cathode-Control Alloying at an Au-ZnSe Nanowire Contact via in Situ Joule Heating

ZENG Ya-Ping^1,2, WANG Yan-Guo^2**, QU Bai-Hua¹, YU Hong-Chun¹

¹Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082
²Beijing Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190

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Abstract Controllable interfacial alloying is achieved at a Au-ZnSe nanowire (M-S) contact via in situ Joule heating inside transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM inspection reveals that the Au electrode is locally molten at the M-S contact and the tip of the ZnSe nanowire is covered by the Au melting. Experimental evidences confirm that the alloying at the reversely biased M-S contact is due to the high resistance of the Schottky barrier at this M-S contact, coincident to cathode-control mode. Consequently, in situ Joule heating can be an effective method to improve the performance of nanoelectronics based on a metal-semiconductor-metal nanostructure.

Received: 09 May 2012 Published: 31 July 2012

PACS:	81.07.Lk	(Nanocontacts)
	62.23.Hj	(Nanowires)
	68.37.Lp	(Transmission electron microscopy (TEM))

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