Catalyst-free synthesis of sub-5 nm silicon nanowire arrays with massive lattice contraction and wide bandgap

The preparation of quantum silicon nanowires, materials with potential application in high-performance nanodevices, is challenging. Here, the authors synthesize vertically aligned sub-5 nm silicon nanowires via a vapor phase silicon etching process; the resulting material features unusual lattice re...

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Main Authors: Sen Gao, Sanghyun Hong, Soohyung Park, Hyun Young Jung, Wentao Liang, Yonghee Lee, Chi Won Ahn, Ji Young Byun, Juyeon Seo, Myung Gwan Hahm, Hyehee Kim, Kiwoong Kim, Yeonjin Yi, Hailong Wang, Moneesh Upmanyu, Sung-Goo Lee, Yoshikazu Homma, Humberto Terrones, Yung Joon Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31174-x