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Growth of Silicon Nanosheets Under Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Environments.
- Source :
- Nanoscale Research Letters; 10/30/2015, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The two-dimensional (2D) growth of cubic-structured (silicon) Si nanosheets (SiNSs) was investigated. Freestanding, single-crystalline SiNSs with a thickness of 5-20 nm were grown on various Si substrates under an atmospheric chemical vapor deposition process. Systematic investigation indicated that a diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) environment that leads to dendritic growth in <110> directions at the initial stage is essential for 2D growth. The kinetic aspects under DLA environments that ascribe to the dendritic and 2D growth were discussed. Under the more dilute conditions made by addition of Ar to the flow of H, the SiNSs grew epitaxially on the substrates with periodic arrangement at a specific angle depending on the orientation of the substrate. It reveals that SiNSs always grew two dimensionally with exposing (111) surfaces. That is thermodynamically favorable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19317573
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nanoscale Research Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 110652770
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-1138-2