Self-assembled growth and blue emission of a SiOx-capped (x= 0.5–0.8) silicon nanowire array
- 16 August 2005
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 16 (10) , 2222-2226
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/16/10/041
Abstract
A uniquely structured SiO(x)-capped (x = 0.5-0.8) Si nanowire array with strong blue emission, like a nanobeacon array, was fabricated using electroless metal (silver) deposition on a water plasma-treated Si wafer. Formation of the nanoscale light source array can be understood on the basis of a self-assembled localized microscopic electrochemical cell model and a diffusion-limited aggregation process. Photoluminescence spectral analysis reveals that the intensity of the broad blue-emitting luminescent band centred at around 435 nm strongly depends upon the irradiation of H(2)O(+), HO(+), and O(+) ions, which are present in the water plasma. We attribute the blue PL band to the optical transition of the self-trapped excitons at the surfaces of SiO(x) nanocaps.Keywords
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