Abstract
In crystalline, dislocation-free, Si/Ge nanowire axial heterojunctions grown using the vapor-liquid-solid technique, photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy reveal a SiGe alloy transition layer with preferential chemical composition and strain. In addition to the lattice mismatch, strain in Si/Ge nanowires is observed from a temperature dependent study to be affected by the difference in Si and Ge thermal expansion. The conclusions are supported by analytical transmission electron microscopy measurements.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 133120 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| State | Published - 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)