We report first-principles calculations of 110 SiGe NWs; we discuss the effect of geometry and composition on their thermodynamic stability, on their electronic properties, and on the nature of the quantum confinement effect. The analysis of formation enthalpy reveals that Gecore/Sishell NWs represent the most stablestructure at any diameter, as a confirmation of the results of many experimental works. The study of the dependence of the energy band gap on the composition and geometry shows how abrupt NWs (wires with a clear flat interface between Si and Ge) present strongly reduced quantum confinement effect and offer a very easy way to predict and to engine energy band gap, which can have a strong relevance from a technological point of view. A careful analysis of the influence of composition on the wave-function localization and quantum confinement effect is also presented, in particular, for core-shell NWs.
SiGe nanowires: structural stability, quantum confinement and electronic properties / Amato, Michele; M., Palummo; Ossicini, Stefano. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - STAMPA. - 80:(2009), pp. 235333(1)-235333(9). [10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235333]
SiGe nanowires: structural stability, quantum confinement and electronic properties
AMATO, Michele;OSSICINI, Stefano
2009
Abstract
We report first-principles calculations of 110 SiGe NWs; we discuss the effect of geometry and composition on their thermodynamic stability, on their electronic properties, and on the nature of the quantum confinement effect. The analysis of formation enthalpy reveals that Gecore/Sishell NWs represent the most stablestructure at any diameter, as a confirmation of the results of many experimental works. The study of the dependence of the energy band gap on the composition and geometry shows how abrupt NWs (wires with a clear flat interface between Si and Ge) present strongly reduced quantum confinement effect and offer a very easy way to predict and to engine energy band gap, which can have a strong relevance from a technological point of view. A careful analysis of the influence of composition on the wave-function localization and quantum confinement effect is also presented, in particular, for core-shell NWs.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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