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Non-equilibrium induction of tin in germanium: towards direct bandgap Ge1−xSnx nanowires

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, April 2016
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Title
Non-equilibrium induction of tin in germanium: towards direct bandgap Ge1−xSnx nanowires
Published in
Nature Communications, April 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms11405
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Authors

Subhajit Biswas, Jessica Doherty, Dzianis Saladukha, Quentin Ramasse, Dipanwita Majumdar, Moneesh Upmanyu, Achintya Singha, Tomasz Ochalski, Michael A. Morris, Justin D. Holmes

Abstract

The development of non-equilibrium group IV nanoscale alloys is critical to achieving new functionalities, such as the formation of a direct bandgap in a conventional indirect bandgap elemental semiconductor. Here, we describe the fabrication of uniform diameter, direct bandgap Ge1-xSnx alloy nanowires, with a Sn incorporation up to 9.2 at.%, far in excess of the equilibrium solubility of Sn in bulk Ge, through a conventional catalytic bottom-up growth paradigm using noble metal and metal alloy catalysts. Metal alloy catalysts permitted a greater inclusion of Sn in Ge nanowires compared with conventional Au catalysts, when used during vapour-liquid-solid growth. The addition of an annealing step close to the Ge-Sn eutectic temperature (230 °C) during cool-down, further facilitated the excessive dissolution of Sn in the nanowires. Sn was distributed throughout the Ge nanowire lattice with no metallic Sn segregation or precipitation at the surface or within the bulk of the nanowires. The non-equilibrium incorporation of Sn into the Ge nanowires can be understood in terms of a kinetic trapping model for impurity incorporation at the triple-phase boundary during growth.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
China 1 1%
Ireland 1 1%
Unknown 63 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 36%
Student > Master 9 13%
Researcher 8 12%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 9 13%
Unknown 10 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Materials Science 20 30%
Physics and Astronomy 14 21%
Chemistry 9 13%
Engineering 8 12%
Energy 1 1%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 13 19%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2021.
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#3,287,903
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