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Highly controlled particle-assisted growth of semiconductor nanowires has been performed for many years, and a number of novel nanowire-based devices have been demonstrated. Full control of the epitaxial growth is required to optimize the performance of devices, and gold seed particles are known to provide the most controlled growth. Successful nanowire growth from gold particles generated and deposited by various different methods has been reported, but no investigation has yet been performed to compare the effects of gold particle generation and deposition methods on nanowire growth. In this article we present a direct comparative study of the effect of the gold particle creation and deposition methods on nanowire growth characteristics and nanowire crystal structure, and investigate the limitations of the different generation and deposition methods used.
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A Comparative Study of the Effect of Gold Seed Particle Preparation Method on Nanowire Growth
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Highly controlled particle-assisted growth of semiconductor nanowires has been performed for many years, and a number of novel nanowire-based devices have been demonstrated. Full control of the epitaxial growth is required to optimize the performance of devices, and gold seed particles are known to provide the most controlled growth. Successful nanowire growth from gold particles generated and deposited by various different methods has been reported, but no investigation has yet been performed to compare the effects of gold particle generation and deposition methods on nanowire growth. In this article we present a direct comparative study of the effect of the gold particle creation and deposition methods on nanowire growth characteristics and nanowire crystal structure, and investigate the limitations of the different generation and deposition methods used.
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This work was performed within the Nanometer Structure Consortium at Lund University and supported by the Swedish Research Council (VR), the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), the EU program AMON-RA (No. 214814) and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Furthermore this report is based on a project which was funded by E. ON AG as part of the E. ON International Research Initiative. Responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors. The authors acknowledge M. Graczyk for assistance with thin film evaporation and M. T. Borgström and A. Gustafsson for valuable discussions.
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