1. Strain distribution in single, suspended germanium nanowires studied using nanofocused x-rays
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Keplinger, Mario, Grifone, Raphael, Greil, Johannes, Kriegner, Dominik, Persson, Johan, Lugstein, Alois, Schuelli, Tobias, Stangl, Julian, Johannes Kepler Univ Linz, Inst Halbleiter & Festkorperphys, Altenbergerstr 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria, Deutsch Elect Synchrotron, DESY Photon Sci, Notkest 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, POB 513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands, Vienna Univ Technol, Inst Solid State Elect, Floragasse 7, A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Charles Univ Prague, Fac Math & Phys, Ke Karlovu 5, CR-12116 Prague, Czech Republic, Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Gemeinschaftslab Elektronenmikroskopie, Ahornstrae 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany, Tech Univ Denmark, Ctr Electron Nanoscopy, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark, and Photonics and Semiconductor Nanophysics
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single nanowire ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,germanium ,μ-Raman ,strain distribution ,finit element method ,nanofocused XRD ,ddc:530 ,mu-Raman - Abstract
Nanotechnology 27(5), 055705 (2016). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/5/055705, Within the quest for direct band-gap group IV materials, strain engineering in germanium is one promising route. We present a study of the strain distribution in single, suspended germanium nanowires using nanofocused synchrotron radiation. Evaluating the probed Bragg reflection for different illumination positions along the nanowire length results in corresponding strain components as well as the nanowire's tilting and bending. By using these findings we determined the complete strain state with the help of finite element modelling. The resulting information provides us with the possibility of evaluating the validity of the strain investigations following from Raman scattering experiments which are based on the assumption of purely uniaxial strain., Published by IOP Publ., Bristol
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- 2016
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