Controlled Growth of Ordered Nanopore Arrays in GaN

Abstract

High-quality, ordered nanopores in semiconductors are attractive for numerous biological, electrical, and optical applications. Here, GaN nanorods with continuous pores running axially through their centers were grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy. The porous nanorods nucleate on an underlying (0001)-oriented GaN film through openings in a SiN(x) template that are milled by a focused ion beam, allowing direct placement of porous nanorods. Nanopores with diameters ranging from 20-155 nm were synthesized with crystalline sidewalls.

Keywords

Nanopore; nanorod; GaN; organometallie vapor phase epitaxy; selective area growth; transmission electron microscopy; POROUS GAN; INORGANIC NANOTUBES; LATERAL OVERGROWTH; NITRIDE NANOTUBES; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSPORT; FILMS

DOI

10.1021/nl103418q

Citation

Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (2), pp 535–540 DOI: 10.1021/nl103418q

Date of this Version

2-2011

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