A general approach toward shape-controlled synthesis of silicon nanowires.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Controlling the morphology, electronic properties, and growth direction of nanowires (NWs) is an important aspect regarding their integration into devices on technologically relevant scales. Using the vapor-solid-solid (VSS) approach, with Ni as a catalyst and octachlorotrisilane (Si(3)Cl(8), OCTS) as a precursor, we achieved epitaxial growth of rectangular-shaped Si-NWs, which may have important implications for electronic mobility and light scattering in NW devices. The process parameters were adjusted to form cubic α-NiSi(2) particles which further act as the shaping element leading to prismatic Si-NWs. Along with the uncommon shape, also different crystallographic growth directions, namely, [100] and [110], were observed on the very same sample. The growth orientations were determined by analysis of the NWs' azimuths on the Si (111) substrates as well as by detailed transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) investigations.