Synthesis of Ordered Single Crystal Silicon Nanowire Arrays

The fast and inexpensive production of single‐crystal silicon nanowires, which circumvents the use of lithography, is achieved by pyrolysis of silane in nanochannel alumina with a gold catalyst. The nanowires (see Figure for an SEM image) are very straight, not intertwined, and uniform in diameter a...

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Published inAdvanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 13; no. 16; pp. 1238 - 1241
Main Authors Zhang, X.-Y., Zhang, L.-D., Meng, G.-W., Li, G.-H., Jin-Phillipp, N.-Y., Phillipp, F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH 01.08.2001
WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH
Subjects
alumina
Nanowires
Nanowires, silicon
pyrolysis
Silane
Silane, pyrolysis
silicon
Templates
Templates, alumina
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Summary:The fast and inexpensive production of single‐crystal silicon nanowires, which circumvents the use of lithography, is achieved by pyrolysis of silane in nanochannel alumina with a gold catalyst. The nanowires (see Figure for an SEM image) are very straight, not intertwined, and uniform in diameter and length. They should be good candidates for silicon field emitter arrays with high tip density.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-FL00JPS8-F
ArticleID:ADMA1238
istex:FBE68C9A62E3622AB78F84AA6FE38CA0B2AC9F24
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/1521-4095(200108)13:16<1238::AID-ADMA1238>3.0.CO;2-3