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Formation of planar tellurium nanowire networks on substrate surfaces. / Shklyaev, A. A.; Zhachuk, R. A.
In: Materials Today Communications, Vol. 43, 111773, 02.2025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Formation of planar tellurium nanowire networks on substrate surfaces
AU - Shklyaev, A. A.
AU - Zhachuk, R. A.
N1 - The work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant # 19–72–30023).
PY - 2025/2
Y1 - 2025/2
N2 - The formation of Te nanowires (NWs) on silicon substrates by the Te deposition in vacuum is studied depending on the initial substrate chemical treatment, temperature and Te deposition rate. The technological parameters for the NW growth along the substrate surface are found. This growth mode is associated with the formation of chemical bonds between Te atoms and the substrate along the entire NW length. Under conditions close to the dynamic equilibrium between the rates of Te deposition and desorption, long (∼2 μm) and thin (20–30 nm) NWs are formed. A significant excess of the deposition rate over the desorption rate results in the formation of high concentration of NWs, which leads to their intersections. The splicing of NWs at intersection points forms a network of lateral Te NWs, which may have an advantage in creating functional planar structures, compared to using arrays of NWs that are not connected to each other.
AB - The formation of Te nanowires (NWs) on silicon substrates by the Te deposition in vacuum is studied depending on the initial substrate chemical treatment, temperature and Te deposition rate. The technological parameters for the NW growth along the substrate surface are found. This growth mode is associated with the formation of chemical bonds between Te atoms and the substrate along the entire NW length. Under conditions close to the dynamic equilibrium between the rates of Te deposition and desorption, long (∼2 μm) and thin (20–30 nm) NWs are formed. A significant excess of the deposition rate over the desorption rate results in the formation of high concentration of NWs, which leads to their intersections. The splicing of NWs at intersection points forms a network of lateral Te NWs, which may have an advantage in creating functional planar structures, compared to using arrays of NWs that are not connected to each other.
KW - Physical deposition
KW - Planar nanowire network
KW - Surface processes
KW - Te nanowires
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1c4acaa7-f252-3dbd-91e0-f68b199c6a50/
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85216358705&origin=inward&txGid=a498a54bc5fa13adea50045a96046b9c
U2 - 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.111773
DO - 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.111773
M3 - Article
VL - 43
JO - Materials Today Communications
JF - Materials Today Communications
SN - 2352-4928
M1 - 111773
ER -
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