Abstract
Structural defects, found in gallium-phosphide nanowires, grown from Au catalyst on InP 〈111〉B substrate using metal organic molecular beam epitaxy, were extensively studied using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Several types of growth were analyzed: pure axial, axial-lateral and self catalyzed. Pure axially grown nanowires were found to be single crystals with wurzite crystal structure and Ga-polarity. These nanowires contained threading edge dislocation along the wire axis. The axial-lateral nanowires grew with zinc blend crystal structure and exhibited polycrystalline nature. Self catalyzed single crystalline nanowires possessed wurzite crystal structure with P-polarity and exhibited threading edge dislocations along their axis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 38-41 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 113 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank the financial support of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI), the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (grant 38668 ) and the Israeli Nanotechnology Focal Technology Area on “Nanophotonics for Detection” for partial funding.
Keywords
- Nanocrystalline materials
- Semiconductors
- Structural analysis