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Growth of compound semiconductors in nanometer sized channels of polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

R. Engelhardt  and
R. Könenkamp
R. Engelhardt
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany
R. Könenkamp
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

We report about the electrodeposition of a transparent, p-type semiconductor in etched channelsof a thin polyester foil. The embedded semiconductor columns are robust against mechanical stress exerted on the foil, as the soft polyester matrix exerts only small forces on the embedded material. Dissolving the polyester results in freestanding semiconductor columns with height-to-diameter ratios in excess of 100.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 672: Symposium O – Mechanisms of Surface and Microstructure Evolution in Deposited Films and Film Structures , 2001 , Q8.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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