Heteroepitaxial Growth of Ge Nanowires on Si Substrates

Electron beam evaporation has been used to prepare Ge nanowires (NWs) on top of (111) Si substrates. Despite the non-UHV growth conditions, scanning and transmission electron microscopies demonstrate that NWs are single crystal with specific crystallographic growth directions ([111], [110], and [112...

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Main Authors: Pietro Artoni, Alessia Irrera, Emanuele Francesco Pecora, Simona Boninelli, Corrado Spinella, Francesco Priolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/782835