Atomic-level control of the thermoelectric properties in polytypoid nanowires

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean C. Andrews ◽  
Melissa A. Fardy ◽  
Michael C. Moore ◽  
Shaul Aloni ◽  
Minjuan Zhang ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demie Kepaptsoglou ◽  
Jakub D. Baran ◽  
Feridoon Azough ◽  
Dursun Ekren ◽  
Deepanshu Srivastava ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Mingmei Wang ◽  
Du Zhang ◽  
Shinya Morikita ◽  
Yanxiang Shi ◽  
Hojin Kim ◽  
...  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Paula Lei ◽  
John L. Stickney

AbstractThe principles for an electrochemical digital etching method for compound semiconductors are described and initial results reported. The method is designed to allow atomic level control over the etching process, resulting in the removal of a bilayer of the compound for each cycle. An atomic layer of one element is removed at one potential and then an atomic layer of the second element is removed at a second potential to complete one cycle. The results reported here are for the etching of CdTe. For CdTe, Te is stripped by reduction to Te2- while Cd is stripped by oxidation to Cd2+. Underpotentials are chosen so that only the top atomic layer of an element is removed. Potentials sufficient to strip the elemėnt from the bulk of the CdTe substrate are avoided. Application of the method should involve the use of a simple electrochemical cell, with solution convection. The substrate is placed in the cell and a square wave applied, where each cycle results in the dissolution of a bilayer of the compound. The two potentials of the square wave correspond to underpotential stripping potentials for Cd and Te respectively. Directions for the future development of this etching method are discussed.


1991 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Fuyuki ◽  
Tatsuo Yoshinobu ◽  
Hiroyuki Matsunami

ABSTRACTA novel mechanism of atomic level control in crystal growth utilizing reconstruction of surface superstructures is proposed. We have found a distinguished feature of surface reconstruction during crystal growth of 3C-SiC using an alternate gas molecular beam supply of Si2H6 and C2H2. When Si2H6 is supplied, S atoms generated by thermal decomposition adsorb on the surface constructing superstructures. A fixed number of Si atoms forming surface superstructures can react with C2H2 yielding single crystalline 3C-SiC growth in the subsequent period, which realizes atomic level control in epitaxy of 3C-SiC. The reconstruction sequence is analyzed based on RHEED observations, and the obtained crystal quality is discussed.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 777-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Greene

We are living in the golden era of materials science. To cite but one example, consider the field of thin-film physics. Crystal growers have been moving inexorably closer to being able to deposit layers and hence to control film properties on an atom-by-atom basis. We are nearing an era in which it will be possible to deposit “designer” materials with a specified set of properties.


1990 ◽  
Vol 99 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 520-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuo Yoshinobu ◽  
Michiaki Nakayama ◽  
Hiromu Shiomi ◽  
Takashi Fuyuki ◽  
Hiroyuki Matsunami

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingang Wang ◽  
Xijiao Mu ◽  
Mengtao Sun

Graphene, as a typical two-dimensional nanometer material, has shown its uniqueapplication potential in electrical characteristics, thermal properties, and thermoelectric propertiesby virtue of its novel electronic structure. The field of traditional material modification mainlychanges or enhances certain properties of materials by mixing a variety of materials (to form aheterostructure) and doping. For graphene as well, this paper specifically discusses the use oftraditional modification methods to improve graphene’s electrical and thermoelectrical properties.More deeply, since graphene is an atomic-level thin film material, its shape and edge conformation(zigzag boundary and armchair boundary) have a great impact on performance. Therefore, thispaper reviews the graphene modification field in recent years. Through the change in the shape ofgraphene, the change in the boundary structure configuration, the doping of other atoms, and theformation of a heterostructure, the electrical, thermal, and thermoelectric properties of graphenechange, resulting in broader applications in more fields. Through studies of graphene’s electrical,thermal, and thermoelectric properties in recent years, progress has been made not only inexperimental testing, but also in theoretical calculation. These aspects of graphene are reviewed inthis paper.


Author(s):  
Masateru Taniguchi ◽  
Tomoji Kawai

We have developed two types of devices—vertical and parallel—for incorporating a microfluidic channel into a gating nanopore. The vertical device consists of a single nanogap electrode with a nanopore perpendicular to the surface of a silicon substrate. The parallel device is similar, except the nanopore is parallel to the surface of the substrate. Furthermore, while the vertical device was fabricated using nanofabrication technologies, the parallel device was fabricated using a mechanically controllable break junction that enables atomic-level control of the electrode gap; hence, measurement of single atoms and molecules is possible. Both devices can identify single gold nanoparticles passing through them by measuring the strength of their electrical signals. The parallel device can also identify the individual nucleotides in a DNA molecule.


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