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Lead selenide nanowire growth by vapor-liquid-solid mechanism under mask during plasma processing

S. P. Zimin^ab, E. S. Gorlachev^ab, I. I. Amirov^ab, V. V. Naumov<sup>ab

a</sup> P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University
^b Yaroslavl branch of the Institute of physics and technology, Institution of Russian academy of sciences

Abstract: Data on the formation of lead selenide (PbSe) nanowires under a stencil mask during the processing of epitaxial PbSe films in high-density inductively coupled plasma (ICP) of low-pressure argon RF discharge are presented. The nanowires were studied by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. A physical model is proposed that explains the local formation of PbSe nanowires in terms of their catalytic growth according to the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism.

Received: 04.05.2011

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2011, 37:10, 929–931

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