Unit cell parameters of wurtzite InP nanowires determined by x-ray diffraction
Authors:
- D KriegnerDKD Kriegner
- E WintersbergerEWE Wintersberger
- K KawaguchiKKK Kawaguchi
- J WallentinJWJ Wallentin
- M T BorgströmMBM T Borgström
- J StanglJSJ Stangl
- 22 September 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 22 (42) , 425704
Abstract
High resolution x-ray diffraction is used to study the structural properties of the wurtzite polytype of InP nanowires. Wurtzite InP nanowires are grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy using S-doping. From the evaluation of the Bragg peak position we determine the lattice parameters of the wurtzite InP nanowires. The unit cell dimensions are found to differ from the ones expected from geometric conversion of the cubic bulk InP lattice constant. The atomic distances along the c direction are increased whereas the atomic spacing in the a direction is reduced in comparison to the corresponding distances in the zinc-blende phase. Using core/shell nanowires with a thin core and thick nominally intrinsic shells we are able to determine the lattice parameters of wurtzite InP with a negligible influence of the S-doping due to the much larger volume in the shell. The determined material properties will enable the ab initio calculation of electronic and optical properties of wurtzite InP nanowires.Keywords
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