Gas phase synthesis of anisotropic silicon germanium hybrid nanoparticles
| Autor: | Erdmann Spiecker, Wolfgang Peukert, Richard Wagner, Benjamin Butz, Christian Mehringer, Thomas Jakuttis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Atmospheric Science Environmental Engineering Materials science Silicon Mechanical Engineering chemistry.chemical_element Nanoparticle Germanium Partial pressure Epitaxy Pollution Molecular physics Silicon-germanium chemistry.chemical_compound Crystallography chemistry Anisotropy High-resolution transmission electron microscopy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Aerosol Science. 67:119-130 |
| ISSN: | 0021-8502 |
| Popis: | We demonstrate the capability of hot wall reactor gas phase synthesis to produce germanium (Ge) on silicon (Si) anisotropic particles. A two stage reactor setup is used to produce silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) of 29.6 nm in diameter with a very narrow size distribution and to deposit Ge on them. The gaseous precursors are monosilane (SiH 4 ) and monogermane (GeH 4 ). In a SEM study Ge patch formation on the SiNPs due to Stranski–Krastanov growth is observed. The patch size as well as the number of patches per SiNP is dependent on the process temperature and the GeH 4 partial pressure. By varying these parameters it is possible to synthesize Janus-like particles with only on e e.g. facetted Ge patch per SiNP, as well as patchy particles carrying an average of four to eight patches. HRTEM analysis shows, that the Ge grows epitaxial and crystalline on the surface of the SiNPs. From geometric phase analysis (GPA) the termination of inserted (220) half planes corresponding to misfit dislocations can be deduced, indicating a largely relaxed lattice in the Ge patches. A continuous tilt of the (111) lattice planes in the Si core below a Ge patch indicates that elastic deformation also contributes to the strain relaxation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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