Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 7576-7584Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn2025786
Keywords
van der Weals epitaxy; graphene; graphite; selective-area growth; InAs; nanowire
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [18002003]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23221007, 11F01363, 18002003] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We report on unconventional, noncovalent heteroepitaxy of vertical indium arsenide (InAs) nanowires on thin graphitic films in terms of van der Waals (VDW) interactions. Nearly coherent In-plane lattice matching (misfit of 0.49%) between In As and the graphitic surface plays a critical role in the epitaxial formation of vertical In As nanowires on graphitic substrates. Otherwise,. gallium arsenide (misfit of -6.22%) is grown to Le island morphologies. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy analyses show that 1-2 monomolecular layer ledges or kinks facilitate heterogeneous nucleation of InAs on nonwetting graphitic surfaces, forming the nudei and promoting the subsequent nanowire growth with strong VOW interactions at the heterojunction. We further demonstrate the controlled VDW epitaxy method for high-yield and uniform InAs nanowire arrays on honeycomb carbon surface utilizing substrate surface etching and patterning techniques Our work opens a new platform for the III-arsenide/graphene hybrid junction electronics and optoelectronics.
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