Natural occurrence of the diamond hexagonal structure in silicon nanowires grown by a plasma-assisted vapour–liquid–solid method | Zendy

Jian Tang | Zendy; JeanLuc Maurice | Zendy; Frédéric Fossard | Zendy; Ileana Florea | Zendy; Wanghua Chen | Zendy; Erik Johnson | Zendy; Martin Foldyna | Zendy; Linwei Yu | Zendy; Pere Roca i Cabarrocas | Zendy

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Natural occurrence of the diamond hexagonal structure in silicon nanowires grown by a plasma-assisted vapour–liquid–solid method

Author(s) -

Jian Tang,

JeanLuc Maurice,

Frédéric Fossard,

Ileana Florea,

Wanghua Chen,

Erik Johnson,

Martin Foldyna,

Linwei Yu,

Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nanoscale

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.038

H-Index - 224

eISSN - 2040-3372

pISSN - 2040-3364

DOI - 10.1039/c7nr01299c

Subject(s) - materials science , diamond , silicon , plasma , nanowire , hexagonal crystal system , silicon nanowires , nanotechnology , diamond cubic , chemical engineering , crystallography , optoelectronics , composite material , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering

Silicon nanowires have been grown by a plasma-assisted vapour-liquid-solid method using tin as the catalyst. Transmission electron microscopy in the [12[combining macron]10] zone axis shows that the diamond hexagonal (P6 3 /mmc) crystal structure is present in several nanowires. This is the first unambiguous proof of the natural occurrence of this metastable phase to our knowledge.

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