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Research Article

Structural and optical verification of residual strain effect in single crystalline CdTe nanowires

Liubing Huang1Siyuan Lu2Paichun Chang1Karan Banerjee1Robert Hellwarth1Jia Grace Lu1( )
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Electrical Engineering University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles CA90089 USA
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan RoadYorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA
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Single crystalline CdTe nanowires have been synthesized using Au-catalyzed chemical vapor deposition. X-ray diffraction reveals the existence of non- negligible inhomogeneous compressive strain in the nanowires along the < 111 > growth direction. The effect of the strain on the electronic structure is manifested by the blue-shifted and broadened photoluminescence spectra involving shallow donor/acceptor states. Such residual strain is of great importance for a better understanding of the optical and electrical behaviors of various semiconductor nanomaterials as well as for device design and applications.

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Huang L, Lu S, Chang P, et al. Structural and optical verification of residual strain effect in single crystalline CdTe nanowires. Nano Research, 2014, 7(2): 228-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0390-y

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Received: 16 August 2013
Revised: 15 November 2013
Accepted: 17 November 2013
Published: 19 December 2013
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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