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Nanowire growth and sublimation: CdTe quantum dots in ZnTe nanowires

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The role of the sublimation of the compound and of the evaporation of the constituents from the gold nanoparticle during the growth of semiconductor nanowires is exemplified with CdTe-ZnTe heterostructures. Operating close to the upper temperature limit strongly reduces the amount of Cd present in the gold nanoparticle and the density of adatoms on the nanowire sidewalls. As a result, the growth rate is small and strongly temperature dependent, but a good control of the growth conditions allows the incorporation of quantum dots in nanowires with sharp interfaces and adjustable shape, and it minimizes the radial growth and the subsequent formation of additional CdTe clusters on the nanowire sidewalls, as confirmed by photoluminescence. Uncapped CdTe segments dissolve into the gold nanoparticle when interrupting the flux, giving rise to a bulb-like (pendant-droplet) shape attributed to the Kirkendall effect.
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hal-01744170 , version 2 (13-04-2018)

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Marta Orrù, Eric Robin, Martien den Hertog, Kimon Moratis, Yann Genuist, et al.. Nanowire growth and sublimation: CdTe quantum dots in ZnTe nanowires. Physical Review Materials, 2018, 2 (4), pp.043404. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.043404⟩. ⟨hal-01744170⟩
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