Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Silicon-Based Nanowires for High Sensitive Sensor
2013 ◽
Vol 534
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pp. 257-261
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Keyword(s):
Ion Beam
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Silicon-based nanowires (Si-NWs) were fabricated by vapor liquid solid (VLS) growth, and Si-NW device was prototyped using focused ion beam (FIB) processing. The needle shaped thin Si-NWs were formed at a substrate temperature between 1120 and 1313°C. The average and minimum diameters of the NWs were confirmed 60 nm and 44 nm, respectively. As the double-layered structure was observed in the NWs by transmission electron microscope images, it is possible that those are silicon-based NWs with Si core and SiO2shell structure. From current-voltage characteristics, the Si-NW device has a semiconducting property, and the estimated resistivity of the Si-NW is about 3.1 x 104Ωcm.