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Nanowires and Heterostructures

Nanowires and Heterostructures. Michael Christiansen Mentor: Dr. Jeff Drucker Statewide Space Grant Symposium 17 April 2010 . Special thanks to: Jeff Drucker , Nick Jungwirth , Sutharsan Ketharanathan , Prashanth Madras, and Eric Dailey. Nanowires.

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Nanowires and Heterostructures

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  1. Nanowires and Heterostructures Michael Christiansen Mentor: Dr. Jeff Drucker Statewide Space Grant Symposium 17 April 2010 Special thanks to: Jeff Drucker, Nick Jungwirth, SutharsanKetharanathan, Prashanth Madras, and Eric Dailey

  2. Nanowires • “One dimensional” nanostructures, approximately cylindrical • Length is generally about 1𝜇mand diameter is 10 to 100 nm • Made of the Group IV elements silicon and germanium • May contribute to applications such as photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, and nanoelectronics 500nm (SEM, courtesy of Jeff Drucker)

  3. Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth Process • Thermal deposition of metal catalyst (e.g. gold), forming droplets that are a liquid mixture of silicon and gold • Addition of silicon or germanium to the droplet (via reaction of Si2H6 or Ge2H6) results in crystal growth outward from the substrate (Diagram courtesy of Jeff Drucker) (Graph from Scientific Thermodata Group Europe, www.sgte.org)

  4. Axial Heterostructures:Our Project (TEM, courtesy of Jeff Drucker) • Grown by switching between adding silicon and adding germanium, resulting in alternating segments • Two main challenges: • An atomically abrupt transition between silicon and germanium is desirable. • Sidewall deposition needs to be minimized. • Our project: to investigate thermal deposition of alternative metal catalysts

  5. Gold vs. Indium (Graphs from Scientific Thermodata Group Europe, www.sgte.org)

  6. Progress • Construction of ultrahigh vacuum chamber (target pressure 10-9 Torr, or 1/1012atm) • Transfer mechanism for samples • Calibration of In evaporation source • Characterization of substrate heating

  7. Thanks for listening.Questions? (TEMs, courtesy of Prashanth Madras)

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