The self-catalyzed growth of Ga As nanowires(NWs)on silicon(Si)is an effective way to achieve integration between group III–V elements and Si.High-crystallinity uniform Ga As NW arrays were grown by solid-source mole...The self-catalyzed growth of Ga As nanowires(NWs)on silicon(Si)is an effective way to achieve integration between group III–V elements and Si.High-crystallinity uniform Ga As NW arrays were grown by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy(MBE).In this paper,we describe systematic experiments which indicate that the substrate treatment is crucial to the highly crystalline and uniform growth of one-dimensional nanomaterials.The influence of natural oxidation time on the crystallinity and uniformity of Ga As NW arrays was investigated and is discussed in detail.The Ga As NW crystallinity and uniformity are maximized after 20 days of natural oxidation time.This work provides a new solution for producing high-crystallinity uniform III–V nanowire arrays on wafer-scale Si substrates.The highly crystalline uniform NW arrays are expected to be useful for NW-based optical interconnects and Si platform optoelectronic devices.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61674021,11674038,61704011,61904017,11804335,and 12074045)the Developing Project of Science and Technology of Jilin Province,China(Grant No.20200301052RQ)+1 种基金the Project of Education Department of Jilin Province,China(Grant No.JJKH20200763KJ)the Youth Foundation of Changchun University of Science and Technology(Grant No.XQNJJ-2018-18)。
文摘The self-catalyzed growth of Ga As nanowires(NWs)on silicon(Si)is an effective way to achieve integration between group III–V elements and Si.High-crystallinity uniform Ga As NW arrays were grown by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy(MBE).In this paper,we describe systematic experiments which indicate that the substrate treatment is crucial to the highly crystalline and uniform growth of one-dimensional nanomaterials.The influence of natural oxidation time on the crystallinity and uniformity of Ga As NW arrays was investigated and is discussed in detail.The Ga As NW crystallinity and uniformity are maximized after 20 days of natural oxidation time.This work provides a new solution for producing high-crystallinity uniform III–V nanowire arrays on wafer-scale Si substrates.The highly crystalline uniform NW arrays are expected to be useful for NW-based optical interconnects and Si platform optoelectronic devices.
