TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Fabrication of well-aligned Er nanowires on vicinal silicon(001) surfaces
JO  - Journal of physics. Condensed matter
A1  - Cai, Q.
A1  - Zhou, W.
SP  - 6835
EP  - 6840
VL  - 16
IS  - 39
N2  - Using vicinal Si(001) surfaces with a 4° miscut angle towards the direction as templates, an approach to fabricating well-aligned nanowires of Er suicide is demonstrated. At Er coverage of 0.1-0.3 nm and annealing temperature of 600-700°C, ordered nanowires are obtained on the surface several hundreds of nanometres in length. STM images and LEED patterns reveal that the nanowires are all oriented along the [̄110] direction. The size, shape and density of the nanowires depends upon annealing temperature and duration as well as coverage. The experimental evidence also suggests a transition of bulk atomic structures between AlB2 and ThSi2 for Er suicide nanostructures. The alignment of the Er nanowires will make the measurements of their physical properties practicable.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0953-8984
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/16/39/016
ID  - ref1
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