Cargando…

Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures

We present a growth model that describes the nanowire length and radius versus time in the absence of evaporation or scattering of semiconductor atoms (group III atoms in the case of III-V NWs) from the substrate, nanowire sidewalls or catalyst nanoparticle. The model applies equally well to low-tem...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dubrovskii, Vladimir G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11092378
_version_ 1784574148885872640
author Dubrovskii, Vladimir G.
author_facet Dubrovskii, Vladimir G.
author_sort Dubrovskii, Vladimir G.
collection PubMed
description We present a growth model that describes the nanowire length and radius versus time in the absence of evaporation or scattering of semiconductor atoms (group III atoms in the case of III-V NWs) from the substrate, nanowire sidewalls or catalyst nanoparticle. The model applies equally well to low-temperature metal-catalyzed or selective area growth of elemental or III-V nanowires on patterned substrates. Surface diffusion transport and radial growth on the nanowire sidewalls are carefully considered under the constraint of the total material balance, yielding some new effects. The nanowire growth process is shown to proceed in two steps. In the first step, the nanowire length increases linearly with time and is inversely proportional to the nanowire radius squared and the nanowire surface density, without radial growth. In the second step, the nanowire length obeys the Chini equation, resulting in a non-linear increase in length with time and radial growth. The nanowire radii converge to a stationary value in the large time limit, showing a kind of size-narrowing effect. The model fits the data on the growth kinetics of a single self-catalyzed GaAs nanowire on a Si substrate well.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8470243
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-84702432021-09-27 Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures Dubrovskii, Vladimir G. Nanomaterials (Basel) Article We present a growth model that describes the nanowire length and radius versus time in the absence of evaporation or scattering of semiconductor atoms (group III atoms in the case of III-V NWs) from the substrate, nanowire sidewalls or catalyst nanoparticle. The model applies equally well to low-temperature metal-catalyzed or selective area growth of elemental or III-V nanowires on patterned substrates. Surface diffusion transport and radial growth on the nanowire sidewalls are carefully considered under the constraint of the total material balance, yielding some new effects. The nanowire growth process is shown to proceed in two steps. In the first step, the nanowire length increases linearly with time and is inversely proportional to the nanowire radius squared and the nanowire surface density, without radial growth. In the second step, the nanowire length obeys the Chini equation, resulting in a non-linear increase in length with time and radial growth. The nanowire radii converge to a stationary value in the large time limit, showing a kind of size-narrowing effect. The model fits the data on the growth kinetics of a single self-catalyzed GaAs nanowire on a Si substrate well. MDPI 2021-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8470243/ /pubmed/34578691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11092378 Text en © 2021 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Dubrovskii, Vladimir G.
Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures
title Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures
title_full Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures
title_fullStr Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures
title_full_unstemmed Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures
title_short Reconsideration of Nanowire Growth Theory at Low Temperatures
title_sort reconsideration of nanowire growth theory at low temperatures
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11092378
work_keys_str_mv AT dubrovskiivladimirg reconsiderationofnanowiregrowththeoryatlowtemperatures