Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications

Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2018.

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Main Author: Sourakov, Alexandra Andreevna
Other Authors: Rafael Jaramillo.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119067
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spelling mit-1721.1/1190672019-04-10T11:42:36Z Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications Sourakov, Alexandra Andreevna Rafael Jaramillo. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2018. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42). Infrared sensors are used in a variety of applications, from gas and moisture analysers, to human body detection to spectrophotometers. Available IR technology falls on two ends of the spectrum: state-of-art photon detectors are high-quality but expensive and cumbersome due to the need for cryogenic cooling, while thermal detectors are inexpensive but not very sensitive. The goal of this project is to develop materials for uncooled IR sensors with improved performance. Lead selenide (PbSe) detectors are direct narrow band gap materials that have shown promise for relatively inexpensive IR sensing with modest cooling requirements. Adapting the vapour-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism traditionally used for growing nanowires to growing PbSe thin films circumvents the very slow adsorption of a gas phase into a solid surface by introducing a catalytic liquid alloy phase, while simultaneously retaining the stoichiometric control, simplicity, and economy of vapor phase growth. We have set the stage for further experimentation by demonstrating that we can attain a single phase PbSe thin film via VLS growth on an epitaxially matched substrate. We have explored the effects of VLS growth vs. vapor growth on crystal quality as well as the factors that influence diffusion and nucleation rates, such as film thickness, growth temperature, and the presence of a capping layer. by Alexandra Andreevna Sourakov. S.B. 2018-11-15T16:35:10Z 2018-11-15T16:35:10Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119067 1057894271 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 42 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Materials Science and Engineering.
Sourakov, Alexandra Andreevna
Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
title Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
title_full Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
title_fullStr Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
title_full_unstemmed Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
title_short Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
title_sort vapor liquid solid vls growth of lead chalcogenide thin films for infrared sensing applications
topic Materials Science and Engineering.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119067
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