https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2007-00087-5
Aligned single crystal Al-catalyzed boron nanorods on Si substrates
1
State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P.R. China
2
State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P.R. China
Corresponding authors: a qingyang@zju.edu.cn - b mseyang@zju.edu.cn
Received:
4
November
2005
Revised:
12
October
2006
Published online:
28
March
2007
Aligned tetragonal single crystal boron nanorods have been synthesized by chemical vapor deposition on silicon substrates without any templates. A thin film of Al was used as catalyst, and the nanorods were synthesized in a large area. The nanorods have a diameter of 20–50 nm. The SAED and HRTEM reveal that the nanorods are single crystal in nature and preferentially grew up along [002]. The optical properties of the nanorods were investigated. The growth mechanism of the boron nanorods has been discussed.
PACS: 81.07.Vb – Quantum wires / 81.15.Gh – Chemical vapor deposition (including plasma-enhanced CVD, MOCVD, etc.)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2007
