Crystal phase induced bandgap modifications in AlAs nanowires probed by resonant raman spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1400-1407

  Funk, Stefan ^a,b   Li, Ang ^c   Ercolani, Daniele ^c   Gemmi, Mauro ^d   Sorba, Lucia ^c   Zardo, Ilaria ^a,b,e  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NANOSCIENZE CNR   (Italy)

^d CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION NEST   (Italy)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AlAs nanowires; electronic band structure; resonant Raman spectroscopy; wurtzite

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP MODIFICATION; BULK PHASE; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; CRYSTAL PHASE; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC RESONANCE; L-VALLEY; LOWER ENERGIES; NANOSCALED; PHONON MODE; RESONANT RAMAN; RESONANT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WURTZITES; ZINC-BLENDE;

CONDUCTION BANDS; NANOWIRES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84874442151     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305112a     Document Type: Article

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