Synthesis of silicon nanowires using AuPd nanoparticles catalyst on silicon substrate

✍ Scribed by Z.Q Liu; Z.W Pan; L.F Sun; D.S Tang; W.Y Zhou; G Wang; L.X Qian; S.S Xie

• Book ID: 104152234
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 573 KB
• Volume: 61
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3697
• DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3697(99)00380-7

✦ Synopsis

Amorphous silicon nanowires have been prepared on Si substrates by AuPd nanoparticles/silane reaction. TEM and SEM have been employed to characterize the nanowires. The growth mechanism of the nanowires appears to be a vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. The reasons of forming amorphous silicon nanowires were discussed.