Vapor-liquid solid mechanism using gold colloids for the growth of GaAs nanowires

• Main Authors: Muhammad, Rosnita, Othaman, Zulkafli, Sakrani, Samsudi, Wahab, Yussof
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ibnu Sina Institute for Fundamental Science Studies, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2008
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1616/1/ZulkafliOthaman2008_VaporliquidSolidMechanismUsing.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1616/

GaAs nanowires were grown on the semi insulating undoped GaAs (111)B wafer by using metal organic chemical vapor deposition, MOCVD. The growth follows the vapor-liquid-solid method by applying nanoparticle gold colloid as a catalyst to forms a eutectic liquid alloy with the wafer substrate. The GaAs...