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Single crystalline kinked semiconductor nanowire superstructures

The ability to control and modulate the composition1–4, doping1,3–5, crystal structure6–8 and morphology9,10 of semiconductor nanowires during the synthesis process has allowed researchers to explore various applications of nanowires11–15. However, despite advances in nanowire synthesis, progress to...

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Autores principales: Tian, Bozhi, Xie, Ping, Kempa, Thomas J., Bell, David C., Lieber, Charles M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19893521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.304
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author Tian, Bozhi
Xie, Ping
Kempa, Thomas J.
Bell, David C.
Lieber, Charles M.
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description The ability to control and modulate the composition1–4, doping1,3–5, crystal structure6–8 and morphology9,10 of semiconductor nanowires during the synthesis process has allowed researchers to explore various applications of nanowires11–15. However, despite advances in nanowire synthesis, progress towards the ab initio design and growth of hierarchical nanostructures has been limited. Here we demonstrate a ‘nanotectonic’ approach that provides iterative control over the nucleation and growth of nanowires and use it to grow kinked or zigzag nanowires in which the straight sections are separated by triangular joints. Moreover, the lengths of the straight sections can be controlled and the growth direction remains coherent along the nanowire. We also grow dopant-modulated structures in which specific device functions, including p-n diodes and field-effect transistors, can be precisely localized at the kinked junctions in the nanowires.
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spelling pubmed-27898642010-06-01 Single crystalline kinked semiconductor nanowire superstructures Tian, Bozhi Xie, Ping Kempa, Thomas J. Bell, David C. Lieber, Charles M. Nat Nanotechnol Article The ability to control and modulate the composition1–4, doping1,3–5, crystal structure6–8 and morphology9,10 of semiconductor nanowires during the synthesis process has allowed researchers to explore various applications of nanowires11–15. However, despite advances in nanowire synthesis, progress towards the ab initio design and growth of hierarchical nanostructures has been limited. Here we demonstrate a ‘nanotectonic’ approach that provides iterative control over the nucleation and growth of nanowires and use it to grow kinked or zigzag nanowires in which the straight sections are separated by triangular joints. Moreover, the lengths of the straight sections can be controlled and the growth direction remains coherent along the nanowire. We also grow dopant-modulated structures in which specific device functions, including p-n diodes and field-effect transistors, can be precisely localized at the kinked junctions in the nanowires. 2009-10-18 2009-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2789864/ /pubmed/19893521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.304 Text en Users may view, print, copy, download and text and data- mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use: http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms
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