Benter, S. and Dubrovski, V. and Bartmann, M. and Campo, A. and Zardo, I. and Sistani, M. and Stöger-Pollach, M. and Lancaster, S. and Detz, H. and Lugstein, A.. (2019) Quasi 1D Metal-Semiconductor Heterostructures. Nano Letters, 19 (6). pp. 3892-3897.
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Abstract
The band offsets occurring at the abrupt heterointerfaces of suitable material combinations offer a powerful design tool for high performance or even new kinds of devices. Because of a large variety of applications for metal-semiconductor heterostructures and the promise of low-dimensional systems to present exceptional device characteristics, nanowire heterostructures gained particular interest over the past decade. However, compared to those achieved by mature two-dimensional processing techniques, quasi one-dimensional (1D) heterostructures often suffer from low interface and crystalline quality. For the GaAs-Au system, we demonstrate exemplarily a new approach to generate epitaxial and single crystalline metal-semiconductor nanowire heterostructures with atomically sharp interfaces using standard semiconductor processing techniques. Spatially resolved Raman measurements exclude any significant strain at the lattice mismatched metal-semiconductor heterojunction. On the basis of experimental results and simulation work, a novel self-assembled mechanism is demonstrated which yields one-step reconfiguration of a semiconductor-metal core-shell nanowire to a quasi 1D axially stacked heterostructure via flash lamp annealing. Transmission electron microscopy imaging and electrical characterization confirm the high interface quality resulting in the lowest Schottky barrier for the GaAs-Au system reported to date. Without limiting the generality, this novel approach will open up new opportunities in the syntheses of other metal-semiconductor nanowire heterostructures and thus facilitate the research of high-quality interfaces in metal-semiconductor nanocontacts.
Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Experimental Material Physics (Zardo) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Zardo, Ilaria and Campo, Alessio |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
ISSN: | 1530-6984 |
e-ISSN: | 1530-6992 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2020 16:31 |
Deposited On: | 14 Apr 2020 16:31 |
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