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Dr Shelly Conroy

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials

Lecturer in Functional Thin Films and Microscopy
 
 
 
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Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Biswas:2021:10.1021/acsanm.0c02569,
author = {Biswas, S and Doherty, J and Galluccio, E and Manning, HG and Conroy, M and Duffy, R and Bangert, U and Boland, JJ and Holmes, JD},
doi = {10.1021/acsanm.0c02569},
journal = {ACS Applied Nano Materials},
pages = {1048--1056},
title = {Stretching the Equilibrium Limit of Sn in Ge<inf>1- x</inf>Sn<inf>x</inf>Nanowires: Implications for Field Effect Transistors},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c02569},
volume = {4},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Ge1-xSnx nanowires incorporating a large amount of Sn would be useful for mobility enhancement in nanoelectronic devices, a definitive transition to a direct bandgap for application in optoelectronic devices and to increase the efficiency of the GeSn-based photonic devices. Here we report the catalytic bottom-up fabrication of Ge1-xSnx nanowires with very high Sn incorporation (x > 0.3). These nanowires are grown in supercritical toluene under high pressure (21 MPa). The introduction of high pressure in the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) like growth regime resulted in a substantial increase of Sn incorporation in the nanowires, with a Sn content ranging between 10 and 35 atom %. The incorporation of Sn in the nanowires was found to be inversely related to nanowire diameter; a high Sn content of 35 atom % was achieved in very thin Ge1-xSnx nanowires with diameters close to 20 nm. Sn was found to be homogeneously distributed throughout the body of the nanowires, without apparent clustering or segregation. The large inclusion of Sn in the nanowires could be attributed to the nanowire growth kinetics and small nanowire diameters, resulting in increased solubility of Sn in Ge at the metastable liquid-solid interface under high pressure. Electrical investigation of the Ge1-xSnx (x = 0.10) nanowires synthesized by the supercritical fluid approach revealed their potential in nanoelectronics and sensor-based applications.
AU  - Biswas,S
AU  - Doherty,J
AU  - Galluccio,E
AU  - Manning,HG
AU  - Conroy,M
AU  - Duffy,R
AU  - Bangert,U
AU  - Boland,JJ
AU  - Holmes,JD
DO  - 10.1021/acsanm.0c02569
EP  - 1056
PY  - 2021///
SP  - 1048
TI  - Stretching the Equilibrium Limit of Sn in Ge<inf>1- x</inf>Sn<inf>x</inf>Nanowires: Implications for Field Effect Transistors
T2  - ACS Applied Nano Materials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c02569
VL  - 4
ER  -
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