Mullane, E,Geaney, H,Ryan, KM

2012

January

Chemical Communications

Size controlled growth of germanium nanorods and nanowires by solution pyrolysis directly on a substrate

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FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS SILICON NANOWIRES PERFORMANCE TRANSPORT NANOCRYSTALS CATALYSTS KINETICS

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Herein, we describe the controlled growth of 1 dimensional germanium nanostructures from high aspect ratio nanowires (410 microns in length) to shorter aspect nanorods (100 nm in length) via a simple pyrolysis method. The synthetic route involves the thermal decomposition of selected germanium precursors by dropping a solution in a high boiling point solvent directly onto a pre-heated Si wafer in the presence of a copper source under inert conditions.

10.1039/c2cc31219k