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HgTe nanowires have been grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). They are nucleated at Au particles on Si or GaAs substrates and subsequently self-organize and grow laterally on the surface into 20–50 nm wide, 0.5–1 μm long twisted, but single-crystal, wires. Further growth gives longer, wider, and straighter polycrystalline wires. When unimpeded by Au particles on the surface, the wires become straight and consist of segments of cubic 〈111〉 HgTe and hexagonal 〈001〉 Te parallel to the wire. Te nanowires and Au␣nanowires have also occasionally been formed. All attempts to grow CdHgTe on Si substrates with or without Au particles have resulted in polycrystalline layers. The phase diagrams and diffusion coefficients imply that CdHgTe or HgTe nanowires will not grow by the vapor–liquid–solid technique at the low MBE growth temperatures. SiO2 functions as a mask for selective growth of HgTe, but not for CdHgTe.
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The work was supported by the AFOSR under Grant No. FA9550-06-1-0484, P00002.
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Haakenaasen, R., Selvig, E., Hadzialic, S. et al. Nanowires in the CdHgTe Material System. J. Electron. Mater. 37, 1311–1317 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-008-0414-7
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