• DocumentCode
    599841
  • Title

    Shell formation in InGaAs nanowires driven by lattice latching and polarity effect

  • Author

    Guo, Youguang ; Zou, Jingxin ; Burgess, Thomas ; Gao, Q. ; Tan, H.H. ; Jagadish, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Mater. Eng., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    12-14 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    A novel phenomenon of an asymmetric shell formation is observed within the zinc blende structured InGaAs nanowires. It is found that three Ga-rich zones are formed along <;112>A directions, while three In-rich zones are formed along <;112>B directions in the truncated-triangular shells. The polarity-driven lattice latching effect is accounted for this compositional inhomogeneity found in the shell.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; nanowires; quantum wires; InGaAs; asymmetric shell formation; compositional inhomogeneity; polarity effect; polarity-driven lattice latching effect; truncated-triangular shells; zinc blende structured nanowires; Image edge detection; Indium gallium arsenide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials & Devices (COMMAD), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • ISSN
    1097-2137
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-3047-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMMAD.2012.6472355
  • Filename
    6472355