Gas-source MBE growth of freestanding Si nano-wires on Au/Si substrate

✍ Scribed by J.L. Liu; S.J. Cai; G.L. Jin; Y.S. Tang; K.L. Wang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 124 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0749-6036
• DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1998.0678

✦ Synopsis

Freestanding Si nano-wires were grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy on Au/Si (100), ( 111), (110), and ( 113) substrates. The morphology of Si nano-wires is investigated using scanning electron microscopy. This method provides a possible way to fabricate silicon quantum wires.