Published November 10, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of p-doping on the thermal sensitivity of individual Si nanowires

  • 1. Laboratoire des Multimateriaux et Interfaces UMR 5615 CNRS-Universite Lyon 1, Universite de Lyon, 43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne (France)
  • 2. CEA Grenoble DRT/LITEN/DTNM/LCH, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)

Description

A gradual downshift and broadening of the Si optical phonon peak was observed by Raman scattering measurements on individual undoped and p-doped silicon nanowire (SiNW) when heated by a laser beam. This dual effect can be interpreted by an induced compressive stress resulting from structural defects. The p-doped SiNW was shown to be the most sensitive to heating and its structure was clearly modified with a large diffusion of gold atoms forming numerous gold nanoparticles

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
93
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 193105-193105.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40051132
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DOPED MATERIALS; GOLD; HEATING; LASERS; LINE BROADENING; PARTICLES; PHONONS; QUANTUM WIRES; RAMAN EFFECT; RAMAN SPECTRA; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY; SILICON; SPECTRAL SHIFT
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUASI PARTICLES; SEMIMETALS; SPECTRA; STRESSES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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