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Direct Measurement of Inhomogeneous Longitudinal Dopant Distribution in SiNWs Using Nano-Probe Scanning Auger Microscopy.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2011

U. Givan ,
J. K. Hyun ,
E. Koren ,
J. S. Hammond ,
D. F. Paul ,
L. J. Lauhon  and
Y. Rosenwaks
U. Givan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
J. K. Hyun
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
E. Koren
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
J. S. Hammond
Affiliation:
Physical Electronics Inc., 18725 Lake Drive East, Chanhassen, MN, USA, 55317
D. F. Paul
Affiliation:
Physical Electronics Inc., 18725 Lake Drive East, Chanhassen, MN, USA, 55317
L. J. Lauhon
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
Y. Rosenwaks
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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Abstract

Controlled incorporation of dopants into semiconductors nanowires is a critical step in tailoring their physical properties and hence for their utilization in future nano electronic devices. Recently, several studies addressing this issue revealed that dopant are inhomogeneously distributed in NWs grown by the popular CVD-VLS growth technique. The majority of those studies employed indirect characterization techniques which are sensitive to the active dopants only. In order to deepen our understanding of the incorporation mechanism a direct observation of the dopant chemical concentrations is required. In addition, the comparison between direct and indirect observations can shed some light on the dopant activation mechanisms in VLS grown NWs. In this study nanoprobe scanning Auger microscopy was employed to extract the longitudinal dopant distribution along P doped SiNWs. The effect of growth conditions and post-growth annealing on this distribution was studied and compared to previous studies which used indirect measurement techniques. In addition, dopant modulated segmented NWs were studied in order to distinguish the contribution of different mechanisms to the incorporation of dopants into VLS grown NWs.

Keywords

chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (deposition)nanoscaleAuger electron spectroscopy (AES)
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1349: Symposium DD – Quantitative Characterization of Nanostructured Materials , 2011 , mrss11-1349-dd08-05
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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