In this study,we demonstrate the axiotaxy driven growth of belt-shaped InAs nanowires using Au catalysts by molecular beam epitaxy.It is found that,the zinc-blende structured InAs nanowires,with the features of[113]gr...In this study,we demonstrate the axiotaxy driven growth of belt-shaped InAs nanowires using Au catalysts by molecular beam epitaxy.It is found that,the zinc-blende structured InAs nanowires,with the features of[113]growth direction and extensive{110}side-surfaces,are induced by catalysts in Au–In α phase through the axiotaxy growth,in which the lattice mismatch between the projections of atomic planes onto nanowire/catalyst interfaces is minimized by forming extraordinary tilted interfaces.Our atomic-resolution in situ TEM heating experiments show that the catalysts remained in the solid state of Au–In α phase during the axiotaxy growth,by which the vapor–solid–solid growth mechanism can be confirmed.Through manipulating the growth direction,this unusual growth mechanism can provide a practical pathway to control the morphology of the low-dimensional nanomaterials,from conventional nanowires to belt-shaped nanowires utilizing a significant lateral growth,simply using nanoparticles as catalyst.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Australian Research Council,the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFB0402401)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11634009,11774016,and 61974138)+2 种基金the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province(No.2020JQ-222)the Key Programs of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.QYZDJ-SSW-JSC007)Dong Pan acknowledges the support from the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant 2017156).
文摘In this study,we demonstrate the axiotaxy driven growth of belt-shaped InAs nanowires using Au catalysts by molecular beam epitaxy.It is found that,the zinc-blende structured InAs nanowires,with the features of[113]growth direction and extensive{110}side-surfaces,are induced by catalysts in Au–In α phase through the axiotaxy growth,in which the lattice mismatch between the projections of atomic planes onto nanowire/catalyst interfaces is minimized by forming extraordinary tilted interfaces.Our atomic-resolution in situ TEM heating experiments show that the catalysts remained in the solid state of Au–In α phase during the axiotaxy growth,by which the vapor–solid–solid growth mechanism can be confirmed.Through manipulating the growth direction,this unusual growth mechanism can provide a practical pathway to control the morphology of the low-dimensional nanomaterials,from conventional nanowires to belt-shaped nanowires utilizing a significant lateral growth,simply using nanoparticles as catalyst.
