TEM Study of the Structural Properties of Nanowires Based on Cd, Zn, Te grown by MBE on Silicon Substrates

• Authors: A. Kaleta , S. Kret , A. Sanchez , M. Bilska , B. Kurowska , A. Szczepańska , J. Płachta , P. Wojnar , T. Wojciechowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this work we report on the atomic structures, elemental distribution, defects and dislocations of three types of semiconductor nanowires: ZnTe, CdTe, and complex ZnTe/(Cd,Zn)Te core/shell hetero-nanowires grown by a molecular beam epitaxy on (111) Si substrate using a vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. The structural properties and the chemical gradients were measured by transmission electron microscopy methods. The nanowires reveal mainly sphalerite structure, however wurtzite nanowires were also observed.

Keywords

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81.05.Dz; 81.07.-b; 61.46.-w; 62.23.Hj; 81.07.Gf; 61.46.Km; 78.67.Uh; 07.10.Pz; 68.35.Gy; 68.37.Lp; 68.37.Og; 68.37.Ma

Discipline

• 68.37.Og: High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM)
• 81.07.Gf: Nanowires
• 78.67.Uh: Nanowires
• 62.23.Hj: Nanowires
• 61.46.Km: Structure of nanowires and nanorods (long, free or loosely attached, quantum wires and quantum rods, but not gate-isolated embedded quantum wires)
• 81.05.Dz: II-VI semiconductors
• 07.10.Pz: Instruments for strain, force, and torque
• 81.07.-b: Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization(for structure of nanoscale materials, see 61.46.-w; for nanostructured materials in electrochemistry, see 82.45.Yz; see also 62.23.-c Structural classes of nanoscale systems in mechanical properties of condensed matter)
• 68.37.Lp: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
• 68.37.Ma: Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM)
• 61.46.-w: Structure of nanoscale materials(for thermal properties of nanocrystals and nanotubes, see 65.80.-g; for mechanical properties of nanoscale systems, see 62.25.-g; for electronic transport in nanoscale materials, see 73.63.-b; see also 62.23.-c Structural classes of nanoscale systems; 64.70.Nd Structural transitions in nanoscale materials; for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c)
• 68.35.Gy: Mechanical properties; surface strains(for strain induced piezoelectric fields, see 77.65.Ly; for strain effects on ferroelectric phase transitions, see 77.80.bn)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 131
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1399-1405

Dates

published

2017-05

Contributors

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A. Kaleta

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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S. Kret

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Sanchez

• Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

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M. Bilska

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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B. Kurowska

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Szczepańska

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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J. Płachta

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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P. Wojnar

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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T. Wojciechowski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1399