The structural and optical properties of gallium arsenic nanoparticles
Author(s) -
J. J. Hung,
SiChen Lee,
ChihTa Chia
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of nanoparticle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1572-896X
pISSN - 1388-0764
DOI - 10.1007/s11051-004-8917-5
Subject(s) - materials science , gallium , arsenic , nanoparticle , raman spectroscopy , amorphous solid , transmission electron microscopy , torr , evaporation , analytical chemistry (journal) , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , optics , crystallography , metallurgy , chromatography , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , engineering
Spherical gallium arsenic nanoparticles prepared by thermal evaporation method have been fabricated successfully. The structural and optical properties of GaAs nanoparticles are studied in detail. It is found that while the growth pressure rises from 0.4 to 5 Torr, the average size of GaAs nanoparticles increases from 6 to 12 nm and standard deviation keeps almost the same (~2 nm) except for 0.5 Torr. By using transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectra, a critical preparation condition has been found which characterize the amorphous to crystal transition of GaAs nanoparticles.
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