Catalyst size dependent growth of Pd-catalyzed one-dimensional InAs nanostructures
Author(s) -
Hongyi Xu,
Yanan Guo,
Zhiming Liao,
Wen Sun,
Qiang Gao,
Hark Hoe Tan,
C. Jagadish,
Jin Zou
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.4807597
Subject(s) - catalysis , nanostructure , materials science , phase diagram , epitaxy , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , transmission electron microscopy , phase (matter) , chemical physics , chemistry , layer (electronics) , biochemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
In this study, Pd was used as catalyst to grow one-dimensional InAs nanostructures on GaAs (111)B substrates in order to explore the growth mechanism and the effect of non-gold catalysts in growing epitaxial III-V nanostructures. With detailed morphological, structural, and chemical characterizations using electron microscopy, coupled with analysis of the Pd-In binary phase diagram, it was found that size of Pd nanoparticles plays a key role in determining the growth mechanism of one-dimensional InAs nanostructures.
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