Advanced Nanotechnology & Nano Electronics

Track 15: Nanowire arrays

Each nanowire is individually seeded from a catalyzing gold particle and then grown via vapor−liquid−solid growth in a metal−organic vapor phase epitaxy system. The diameter and position of each nanowire can be controlled to create engineered arrays, demonstrated with a hexagonal photonic crystal pattern. More generally, nanowires can be defined as structures that have a thickness or diameter constrained to tens of nanometers or less and an unconstrained length.