Authors: Zhang, Xi; Kulik, Joseph; Dickey, Elizabeth C.

Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 7, Number 2, February 2007 , pp. 717-720(4)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

Abstract:

Si_0.48Ge_0.52/Si tip/nanowire heterostructures were grown by pulsed laser vaporization (PLV) at a growth temperature of 1100 °C. Ge diffusion in [111]-growth Si nanowires was studied for different post-synthesis annealing temperatures from 200 °C to 800 °C. Ge composition profiles were quantified by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in a transmission electron microscope. The compositional profiles were modeled by a limited-source diffusion model to extract temperature-dependent diffusion coefficients. The Ge diffusion coefficients followed an Arrhenius relationship with an activation energy of 0.622 ± 0.050 eV. This rather low activation energy barrier is similar to the previously reported activation energy barrier of 0.67 eV for Ge surface diffusion on Si, suggesting that surface diffusion may dominate in nanowires at this length scale.

Keywords: NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; GROWTH; PROPERTIES

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2007.155

Publication date: 2007-02-01

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