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  • Title: Dislocation-free axial InAs-on-GaAs nanowires on silicon.
    Author: Beznasyuk DV, Robin E, Hertog MD, Claudon J, Hocevar M.
    Journal: Nanotechnology; 2017 Sep 08; 28(36):365602. PubMed ID: 28671871.
    Abstract:
    We report on the growth of axial InAs-on-GaAs nanowire heterostructures on silicon by molecular beam epitaxy using 20 nm diameter Au catalysts. First, the growth parameters of the GaAs nanowire segment were optimized to achieve a pure wurtzite crystal structure. Then, we developed a two-step growth procedure to enhance the yield of vertical InAs-on-GaAs nanowires. We achieved 90% of straight InAs-on-GaAs nanowires by further optimizing the growth parameters. We investigated the composition change at the interface by energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and the nanowire crystal structure by transmission electron microscopy. The composition of the nominal InAs segment is found to be In x Ga1-x As with x = 0.85 and corresponds to 6% of lattice mismatch with GaAs. Strain mapping performed by the geometrical phase analysis of high-resolution images revealed a dislocation-free GaAs/In0.85Ga0.15As interface. In conclusion, we successfully fabricated highly mismatched heterostructures, confirming the prediction that axial GaAs/In0.85Ga0.15As interfaces are pseudomorphic in nanowires with a diameter smaller than 40 nm.
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