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Dang Z, Chen Y, Fang Z. Cathodoluminescence Nanoscopy: State of the Art and Beyond. ACS NANO 2023; 17:24431-24448. [PMID: 38054434 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Cathodoluminescence (CL) nanoscopy is proven to be a powerful tool to explore nanoscale optical properties, whereby free electron beams achieve a spatial resolution far beyond the diffraction limit of light. With developed methods for the control of electron beams and the collection of light, the dimension of information that CL can access has been expanded to include polarization, momentum, and time, holding promise to provide invaluable insights into the study of materials and optical near-field dynamics. With a focus on the burgeoning field of CL nanoscopy, this perspective outlines the recent advancements and applications of this technique, as illustrated by the salient experimental works. In addition, as an outlook for future research, several appealing directions that may bring about developments and discoveries are highlighted.
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- Zhibo Dang
- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Zheng L, Dang Z, Ding D, Liu Z, Dai Y, Lu J, Fang Z. Electron-Induced Chirality-Selective Routing of Valley Photons via Metallic Nanostructure. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2204908. [PMID: 36877955 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Valleytronics in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides has raised a great impact in nanophotonic information processing and transport as it provides the pseudospin degree of freedom for carrier control. The imbalance of carrier occupation in inequivalent valleys can be achieved by external stimulations such as helical light and electric field. With metasurfaces, it is feasible to separate the valley exciton in real space and momentum space, which is significant for logical nanophotonic circuits. However, the control of valley-separated far-field emission by a single nanostructure is rarely reported, despite the fact that it is crucial for subwavelength research of valley-dependent directional emission. Here, it is demonstrated that the electron beam permits the chirality-selective routing of valley photons in a monolayer WS2 with Au nanostructures. The electron beam can locally excite valley excitons and regulate the coupling between excitons and nanostructures, hence controlling the interference effect of multipolar electric modes in nanostructures. Therefore, the separation degree can be modified by steering the electron beam, exhibiting the capability of subwavelength control of valley separation. This work provides a novel method to create and resolve the variation of valley emission distribution in momentum space, paving the way for the design of future nanophotonic integrated devices.
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- Liheng Zheng
- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, and Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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Tong C, Delamarre A, De Lépinau R, Scaccabarozzi A, Oehler F, Harmand JC, Collin S, Cattoni A. GaAs/GaInP nanowire solar cell on Si with state-of-the-art Voc and quasi-Fermi level splitting. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:12722-12735. [PMID: 35997103 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02652j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With their unique structural, optical and electrical properties, III-V nanowires (NWs) are an extremely attractive option for the direct growth of III-Vs on Si for tandem solar cell applications. Here, we introduce a core-shell GaAs/GaInP NW solar cell grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a patterned Si substrate, and we present an in-depth investigation of its optoelectronic properties and limitations. We report a power conversion efficiency of almost 3.7%, and a state-of-the-art open-circuit voltage (VOC) for a NW array solar cell on Si of 0.65 V. We also present the first quantification of the quasi-Fermi level splitting in NW array solar cells using hyperspectral photoluminescence measurements. A value of 0.84 eV is obtained at 1 sun (1.01 eV at 81 suns), which is significantly higher than qVOC. It indicates NWs with a better intrinsic optoelectronic quality than what could be expected from TEM images or deduced from electrical measurements. Optical and electronic simulations provide insights into the main absorption and electrical losses, and guidelines to design and fabricate higher-efficiency devices. It suggests that improvements at the n-type contact (GaInP/ITO) are key to unlocking the potential of next generation NW solar cells.
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- Capucine Tong
- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France.
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France.
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France.
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France.
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France.
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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Tong C, Bidaud T, Koivusalo E, Rizzo Piton M, Guina M, Galeti HVA, Galvão Gobato Y, Cattoni A, Hakkarainen T, Collin S. Cathodoluminescence mapping of electron concentration in MBE-grown GaAs:Te nanowires. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 33:185704. [PMID: 35051915 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac4d58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cathodoluminescence mapping is used as a contactless method to probe the electron concentration gradient of Te-doped GaAs nanowires. The room temperature and low temperature (10 K) cathodoluminescence analysis method previously developed for GaAs:Si is first validated on five GaAs:Te thin film samples, before extending it to the two GaAs:Te NW samples. We evidence an electron concentration gradient ranging from below 1 × 1018cm-3to 3.3 ×1018cm-3along the axis of a GaAs:Te nanowire grown at 640 °C, and a homogeneous electron concentration of around 6-8 × 1017cm-3along the axis of a GaAs:Te nanowire grown at 620 °C. The differences in the electron concentration levels and gradients between the two nanowires is attributed to different Te incorporation efficiencies by vapor-solid and vapor-liquid-solid processes.
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- Capucine Tong
- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Physics Unit, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Physics Unit, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Physics Unit, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Physics Department, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos SP, Brazil
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- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, Physics Unit, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau F-91120, France
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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Güniat L, Ghisalberti L, Wang L, Dais C, Morgan N, Dede D, Kim W, Balgarkashi A, Leran JB, Minamisawa R, Solak H, Carter C, Fontcuberta I Morral A. GaAs nanowires on Si nanopillars: towards large scale, phase-engineered arrays. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2022; 7:211-219. [PMID: 35040457 PMCID: PMC8802830 DOI: 10.1039/d1nh00553g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Large-scale patterning for vapor-liquid-solid growth of III-V nanowires is a challenge given the required feature size for patterning (45 to 60 nm holes). In fact, arrays are traditionally manufactured using electron-beam lithography,for which processing times increase greatly when expanding the exposure area. In order to bring nanowire arrays one step closer to the wafer-scale we take a different approach and replace patterned nanoscale holes with Si nanopillar arrays. The method is compatible with photolithography methods such as phase-shift lithography or deep ultraviolet (DUV) stepper lithography. We provide clear evidence on the advantage of using nanopillars as opposed to nanoscale holes both for the control on the growth mechanisms and for the scalability. We identify the engineering of the contact angle as the key parameter to optimize the yield. In particular, we demonstrate how nanopillar oxidation is key to stabilize the Ga catalyst droplet and engineer the contact angle. We demonstrate how the position of the triple phase line at the SiO2/Si as opposed to the SiO2/vacuum interface is central for a successful growth. We compare our experiments with simulations performed in surface evolver™ and observe a strong correlation. Large-scale arrays using phase-shift lithography result in a maximum local vertical yield of 67% and a global chip-scale yield of 40%. We believe that, through a greater control over key processing steps typically achieved in a semiconductor fab it is possible to push this yield to 90+% and open perspectives for deterministic nanowire phase engineering at the wafer-scale.
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- Lucas Güniat
- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- EULITHA, Studacherstrasse 7B, 5416 Kirchdorf, Switzerland
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- EULITHA, Studacherstrasse 7B, 5416 Kirchdorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Engineering, Switzerland
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- EULITHA, Studacherstrasse 7B, 5416 Kirchdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Mauser KW, Solà-Garcia M, Liebtrau M, Damilano B, Coulon PM, Vézian S, Shields PA, Meuret S, Polman A. Employing Cathodoluminescence for Nanothermometry and Thermal Transport Measurements in Semiconductor Nanowires. ACS NANO 2021; 15:11385-11395. [PMID: 34156820 PMCID: PMC8320239 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Thermal properties have an outsized impact on efficiency and sensitivity of devices with nanoscale structures, such as in integrated electronic circuits. A number of thermal conductivity measurements for semiconductor nanostructures exist, but are hindered by the diffraction limit of light, the need for transducer layers, the slow scan rate of probes, ultrathin sample requirements, or extensive fabrication. Here, we overcome these limitations by extracting nanoscale temperature maps from measurements of bandgap cathodoluminescence in GaN nanowires of <300 nm diameter with spatial resolution limited by the electron cascade. We use this thermometry method in three ways to determine the thermal conductivities of the nanowires in the range of 19-68 W/m·K, well below that of bulk GaN. The electron beam acts simultaneously as a temperature probe and as a controlled delta-function-like heat source to measure thermal conductivities using steady-state methods, and we introduce a frequency-domain method using pulsed electron beam excitation. The different thermal conductivity measurements we explore agree within error in uniformly doped wires. We show feasible methods for rapid, in situ, high-resolution thermal property measurements of integrated circuits and semiconductor nanodevices and enable electron-beam-based nanoscale phonon transport studies.
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- Kelly W. Mauser
- Center
for Nanophotonics, NWO-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, The Netherlands
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- Center
for Nanophotonics, NWO-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, The Netherlands
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- Center
for Nanophotonics, NWO-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, The Netherlands
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Ramaswamy P, Devkota S, Pokharel R, Nalamati S, Stevie F, Jones K, Reynolds L, Iyer S. A study of dopant incorporation in Te-doped GaAsSb nanowires using a combination of XPS/UPS, and C-AFM/SKPM. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8329. [PMID: 33859310 PMCID: PMC8050051 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87825-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We report the first study on doping assessment in Te-doped GaAsSb nanowires (NWs) with variation in Gallium Telluride (GaTe) cell temperature, using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), conductive-atomic force microscopy (C-AFM), and scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM). The NWs were grown using Ga-assisted molecular beam epitaxy with a GaTe captive source as the dopant cell. Te-incorporation in the NWs was associated with a positive shift in the binding energy of the 3d shells of the core constituent elements in doped NWs in the XPS spectra, a lowering of the work function in doped NWs relative to undoped ones from UPS spectra, a significantly higher photoresponse in C-AFM and an increase in surface potential of doped NWs observed in SKPM relative to undoped ones. The carrier concentration of Te-doped GaAsSb NWs determined from UPS spectra are found to be consistent with the values obtained from simulated I–V characteristics. Thus, these surface analytical tools, XPS/UPS and C-AFM/SKPM, that do not require any sample preparation are found to be powerful characterization techniques to analyze the dopant incorporation and carrier density in homogeneously doped NWs.
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- Priyanka Ramaswamy
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- Analytical Instrumentation Facility, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments Company, 6310 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA, 93117, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA.
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Zhang H, Piazza V, Neplokh V, Guan N, Bayle F, Collin S, Largeau L, Babichev A, Julien FH, Tchernycheva M. Correlated optical and electrical analyses of inhomogeneous core/shell InGaN/GaN nanowire light emitting diodes. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:105202. [PMID: 33142273 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abc70e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The performance of core-shell InGaN/GaN nanowire (NW) light emitting diodes (LEDs) can be limited by wire-to-wire electrical inhomogeneities. Here we investigate an array of core-shell InGaN/GaN NWs which are morphologically identical, but present electrical dissimilarities in order to understand how the nanoscale phenomena observed in individual NWs affect the working performance of the whole array. The LED shows a low number of NWs (∼20%) producing electroluminescence under operating conditions. This is related to a presence of a potential barrier at the interface between the NW core and the radially grown n-doped layer, which differently affects the electrical properties of the NWs although they are morphologically identical. The impact of the potential barrier on the performance of the NW array is investigated by correlating multi-scanning techniques, namely electron beam induced current microscopy, electroluminescence mapping and cathodoluminescence analysis. It is found that the main cause of inhomogeneity in the array is related to a non-optimized charge injection into the active region, which can be overcome by changing the contact architecture so that the electrons become injected directly in the n-doped underlayer. The LED with so-called 'front-n-contacting' is developed leading to an increase of the yield of emitting NWs from 20% to 65%.
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- H Zhang
- School of Microelectronics, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, People's Republic of China
- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
- National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- ITMO University, 197101, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- C2N-CNRS, Univ. Paris Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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Saket O, Wang J, Amador-Mendez N, Morassi M, Kunti A, Bayle F, Collin S, Jollivet A, Babichev A, Sodhi T, Harmand JC, Julien FH, Gogneau N, Tchernycheva M. Investigation of the effect of the doping order in GaN nanowire p-n junctions grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:085705. [PMID: 33171444 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abc91a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We analyse the electrical and optical properties of single GaN nanowire p-n junctions grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy using magnesium and silicon as doping sources. Different junction architectures having either a n-base or a p-base structure are compared using optical and electrical analyses. Electron-beam induced current (EBIC) microscopy of the nanowires shows that in the case of a n-base p-n junction the parasitic radial growth enhanced by the magnesium (Mg) doping leads to a mixed axial-radial behaviour with strong wire-to-wire fluctuations of the junction position and shape. By reverting the doping order p-base p-n junctions with a purely axial well-defined structure and a low wire-to-wire dispersion are achieved. The good optical quality of the top n nanowire segment grown on a p-doped stem is preserved. A hole concentration in the p-doped segment exceeding 1018 cm-3 was extracted from EBIC mapping and photoluminescence analyses. This high concentration is reached without degrading the nanowire morphology.
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- Omar Saket
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), UMR 9001 CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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Direct-bandgap emission from hexagonal Ge and SiGe alloys. Nature 2020; 580:205-209. [PMID: 32269353 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2150-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Silicon crystallized in the usual cubic (diamond) lattice structure has dominated the electronics industry for more than half a century. However, cubic silicon (Si), germanium (Ge) and SiGe alloys are all indirect-bandgap semiconductors that cannot emit light efficiently. The goal1 of achieving efficient light emission from group-IV materials in silicon technology has been elusive for decades2-6. Here we demonstrate efficient light emission from direct-bandgap hexagonal Ge and SiGe alloys. We measure a sub-nanosecond, temperature-insensitive radiative recombination lifetime and observe an emission yield similar to that of direct-bandgap group-III-V semiconductors. Moreover, we demonstrate that, by controlling the composition of the hexagonal SiGe alloy, the emission wavelength can be continuously tuned over a broad range, while preserving the direct bandgap. Our experimental findings are in excellent quantitative agreement with ab initio theory. Hexagonal SiGe embodies an ideal material system in which to combine electronic and optoelectronic functionalities on a single chip, opening the way towards integrated device concepts and information-processing technologies.
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Saket O, Himwas C, Piazza V, Bayle F, Cattoni A, Oehler F, Patriarche G, Travers L, Collin S, Julien FH, Harmand JC, Tchernycheva M. Nanoscale electrical analyses of axial-junction GaAsP nanowires for solar cell applications. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:145708. [PMID: 31846937 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab62c9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Axial p-n and p-i-n junctions in GaAs0.7P0.3 nanowires are demonstrated and analyzed using electron beam induced current microscopy. Organized self-catalyzed nanowire arrays are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on nanopatterned Si substrates. The nanowires are doped using Be and Si impurities to obtain p- and n-type conductivity, respectively. A method to determine the doping type by analyzing the induced current in the vicinity of a Schottky contact is proposed. It is demonstrated that for the applied growth conditions using Ga as a catalyst, Si doping induces an n-type conductivity contrary to the GaAs self-catalyzed nanowire case, where Si was reported to yield a p-type doping. Active axial nanowire p-n junctions having a homogeneous composition along the axis are synthesized and the carrier concentration and minority carrier diffusion lengths are measured. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of axial p-n junctions in self-catalyzed GaAsP nanowires.
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- Omar Saket
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, UMR 9001 CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, 10 Boulevard Thomas Gobert, F-91120 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Poplawsky JD, Dutta P, Guthrey H, Leonard D, Guo W, Kacharia M, Rathi M, Khatiwada D, Favela C, Sun S, Zhang C, Hubbard S, Selvamanickam V. Directly Linking Low-Angle Grain Boundary Misorientation to Device Functionality for GaAs Grown on Flexible Metal Substrates. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:10664-10672. [PMID: 32040297 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b22124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A new growth method to make highly oriented GaAs thin films on flexible metal substrates has been developed, enabling roll-to-roll manufacturing of flexible semiconductor devices. The grains are oriented in the <001> direction with <1° misorientations between them, and they have a comparable mobility to single-crystalline GaAs at high doping concentrations. At the moment, the role of low-angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) on device performance is unknown. A series of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and cathodoluminesence (CL) studies reveal that increased doping concentrations decrease the grain size and increase the LAGB misorientation. Cross-sectional scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) reveals the complex dislocation structures within LAGBs. Most importantly, a correlative EBSD/electron beam-induced current (EBIC) experiment reveals that LAGBs are carrier recombination centers and that the magnitude of recombination is dependent on the degree of misorientation. The presented results directly link increased LAGB misorientation to degraded device performance, and therefore, strategies to reduce LAGB misorientations and densities would improve highly oriented semiconductor devices.
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- Jonathan D Poplawsky
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York 14623, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York 14623, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, N207 Engineering Building 1, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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Alanis JA, Chen Q, Lysevych M, Burgess T, Li L, Liu Z, Tan HH, Jagadish C, Parkinson P. Threshold reduction and yield improvement of semiconductor nanowire lasers via processing-related end-facet optimization. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:4393-4397. [PMID: 36134418 PMCID: PMC9417496 DOI: 10.1039/c9na00479c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Both gain medium design and cavity geometry are known to be important for low threshold operation of semiconductor nanowire lasers. For many applications nanowire lasers need to be transferred from the growth substrate to a low-index substrate; however, the impact of the transfer process on optoelectronic performance has not been studied. Ultrasound, PDMS-assisted and mechanical rubbing are the most commonly used methods for nanowire transfer; each method may cause changes in the fracture point of the nanowire which can potentially affect both length and end-face mirror quality. Here we report on four common approaches for nanowire transfer. Our results show that brief ultrasound and PDMS-assisted transfer lead to optimized optoelectronic performance, as confirmed by ensemble median lasing threshold values of 98 and 104 μJ cm-2 respectively, with nanowires transferred by ultrasound giving a high lasing yield of 72%. The mean threshold difference between samples is shown to be statistically significant: while a significant difference in mean length from different transfer methods is seen, it is shown by SEM that end-facet quality is also affected and plays an important role on threshold gain for this nanowire architecture.
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- Juan Arturo Alanis
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester Manchester UK
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- Department of Materials, The University of Manchester Manchester UK
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- Australian National Fabrication Facility, The Australian National University Canberra Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University Canberra Australia
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- Australian National Fabrication Facility, The Australian National University Canberra Australia
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- Department of Materials, The University of Manchester Manchester UK
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University Canberra Australia
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University Canberra Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester Manchester UK
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Barrigón E, Heurlin M, Bi Z, Monemar B, Samuelson L. Synthesis and Applications of III-V Nanowires. Chem Rev 2019; 119:9170-9220. [PMID: 31385696 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Low-dimensional semiconductor materials structures, where nanowires are needle-like one-dimensional examples, have developed into one of the most intensely studied fields of science and technology. The subarea described in this review is compound semiconductor nanowires, with the materials covered limited to III-V materials (like GaAs, InAs, GaP, InP,...) and III-nitride materials (GaN, InGaN, AlGaN,...). We review the way in which several innovative synthesis methods constitute the basis for the realization of highly controlled nanowires, and we combine this perspective with one of how the different families of nanowires can contribute to applications. One reason for the very intense research in this field is motivated by what they can offer to main-stream semiconductors, by which ultrahigh performing electronic (e.g., transistors) and photonic (e.g., photovoltaics, photodetectors or LEDs) technologies can be merged with silicon and CMOS. Other important aspects, also covered in the review, deals with synthesis methods that can lead to dramatic reduction of cost of fabrication and opportunities for up-scaling to mass production methods.
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- Enrique Barrigón
- Division of Solid State Physics and NanoLund , Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Division of Solid State Physics and NanoLund , Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund , Sweden.,Sol Voltaics AB , Scheelevägen 63 , 223 63 Lund , Sweden
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- Division of Solid State Physics and NanoLund , Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Division of Solid State Physics and NanoLund , Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Division of Solid State Physics and NanoLund , Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund , Sweden
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Zamani RR, Arbiol J. Understanding semiconductor nanostructures via advanced electron microscopy and spectroscopy. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:262001. [PMID: 30812017 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab0b0a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) offers an ample range of complementary techniques which are able to provide essential information about the physical, chemical and structural properties of materials at the atomic scale, and hence makes a vast impact on our understanding of materials science, especially in the field of semiconductor one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. Recent advancements in TEM instrumentation, in particular aberration correction and monochromation, have enabled pioneering experiments in complex nanostructure material systems. This review aims to address these understandings through the applications of the methodology for semiconductor nanostructures. It points out various electron microscopy techniques, in particular scanning TEM (STEM) imaging and spectroscopy techniques, with their already-employed or potential applications on 1D nanostructured semiconductors. We keep the main focus of the paper on the electronic and optoelectronic properties of such semiconductors, and avoid expanding it further. In the first part of the review, we give a brief introduction to each of the STEM-based techniques, without detailed elaboration, and mention the recent technological and conceptual developments which lead to novel characterization methodologies. For further reading, we refer the audience to a handful of papers in the literature. In the second part, we highlight the recent examples of application of the STEM methodology on the 1D nanostructure semiconductor materials, especially III-V, II-V, and group IV bare and heterostructure systems. The aim is to address the research questions on various physical properties and introduce solutions by choosing the appropriate technique that can answer the questions. Potential applications will also be discussed, the ones that have already been used for bulk and 2D materials, and have shown great potential and promise for 1D nanostructure semiconductors.
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- Reza R Zamani
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SE-41296, Sweden. Interdisciplinary Centre for Electron Microscopy (CIME), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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Piazza V, Babichev AV, Mancini L, Morassi M, Quach P, Bayle F, Largeau L, Julien FH, Rale P, Collin S, Harmand JC, Gogneau N, Tchernycheva M. Investigation of GaN nanowires containing AlN/GaN multiple quantum discs by EBIC and CL techniques. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:214006. [PMID: 30736025 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab055e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this work, nanoscale electrical and optical properties of n-GaN nanowires (NWs) containing GaN/AlN multiple quantum discs (MQDs) grown by molecular beam epitaxy are investigated by means of single wire I(V) measurements, electron beam induced current microscopy (EBIC) and cathodoluminescence (CL) analysis. A strong impact of non-intentional AlN and GaN shells on the electrical resistance of individual NWs is put in evidence. The EBIC mappings reveal the presence of two regions with internal electric fields oriented in opposite directions: one in the MQDs region and the other in the adjacent bottom GaN segment. These fields are found to co-exist under zero bias, while under an external bias either one or the other dominates the current collection. In this way EBIC maps allow us to locate the current generation within the wire under different bias conditions and to give the first direct evidence of carrier collection from AlN/GaN MQDs. The NWs have been further investigated by photoluminescence and CL analyses at low temperature. CL mappings show that the near band edge emission of GaN from the bottom part of the NW is blue-shifted due to the presence of the radial shell. In addition, it is observed that CL intensity drops in the central part of the NWs. Comparing the CL and EBIC maps, this decrease of the luminescence intensity is attributed to an efficient charge splitting effect due to the electric fields in the MQDs region and in the GaN base.
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- Valerio Piazza
- Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, Université Paris Sud, Avenue de la Vauve, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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Zielinski MS, Vardar E, Vythilingam G, Engelhardt EM, Hubbell JA, Frey P, Larsson HM. Quantitative intrinsic auto-cathodoluminescence can resolve spectral signatures of tissue-isolated collagen extracellular matrix. Commun Biol 2019; 2:69. [PMID: 30793047 PMCID: PMC6379429 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0313-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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By analyzing isolated collagen gel samples, we demonstrated in situ detection of spectrally deconvoluted auto-cathodoluminescence signatures of specific molecular content with precise spatial localization over a maximum field of view of 300 µm. Correlation of the secondary electron and the hyperspectral images proved ~40 nm resolution in the optical channel, obtained due to a short carrier diffusion length, suppressed by fibril dimensions and poor electrical conductivity specific to their organic composition. By correlating spectrally analyzed auto-cathodoluminescence with mass spectroscopy data, we differentiated spectral signatures of two extracellular matrices, namely human fibrin complex and rat tail collagen isolate, and uncovered differences in protein distributions of isolated extracellular matrix networks of heterogeneous populations. Furthermore, we demonstrated that cathodoluminescence can monitor the progress of a human cell-mediated remodeling process, where human collagenous matrix was deposited within a rat collagenous matrix. The revealed change of the heterogeneous biological composition was confirmed by mass spectroscopy. Zielinski et al. show that quantitative label-free cathodoluminescence-scanning electron microscopy differentiates spectral signatures of two extracellular matrices. This method can monitor the progress of a smooth muscle cell-mediated remodeling process without using antibodies to enhance the optical signal.
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.,Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.,Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 53100, Malaysia
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.
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