Directed deposition of silicon nanowires using neopentasilane as precursor and gold as catalyst
- In this work the applicability of neopentasilane (Si(SiH3)4) as a precursor for the formation of silicon nanowires by using gold nanoparticles as a catalyst has been explored. The growth proceeds via the formation of liquid gold/silicon alloy droplets, which excrete the silicon nanowires upon continued decomposition of the precursor. This mechanism determines the diameter of the Si nanowires. Different sources for the gold nanoparticles have been tested: the spontaneous dewetting of gold films, thermally annealed gold films, deposition of preformed gold nanoparticles, and the use of “liquid bright gold”, a material historically used for the gilding of porcelain and glass. The latter does not only form gold nanoparticles when deposited as a thin film and thermally annealed, but can also be patterned by using UV irradiation, providing access to laterally structured layers of silicon nanowires.
| Author: | Britta Kämpken, Verena Wulf, Norbert AunerGND, Marcel Winhold, Michael HuthORCiDGND, Daniel Rhinow, Andreas TerfortORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-263182 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.3.62 |
| ISSN: | 2190-4286 |
| Parent Title (English): | Beilstein journal of nanotechnology |
| Publisher: | Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt, M. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2012/07/25 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2012/07/25 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2012/09/18 |
| Tag: | chemical vapor deposition; gold; nanoparticle; patterning; radiation-induced nanostructures; vapor-liquid-solid mechanism |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Page Number: | 11 |
| First Page: | 535 |
| Last Page: | 545 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 358115957 |
| Institutes: | Physik / Physik |
| Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 |
