Search Results - "Fontcuberta I Morral, A."
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Fundamental aspects to localize self-catalyzed III-V nanowires on silicon
Published in Nature communications (20-02-2019)“…III-V semiconductor nanowires deterministically placed on top of silicon electronic platform would open many avenues in silicon-based photonics, quantum…”
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Gold-Free GaAs Nanowire Synthesis and Optical Properties
Published in IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics (01-07-2011)“…To date, the use of gold for the synthesis of nanowires has proven to be nearly impossible to circumvent, regardless of the potential negative effects on the…”
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General theoretical considerations on nanowire solar cell designs
Published in Physica status solidi. A, Applications and materials science (01-01-2009)“…We propose two novel solar cell designs, tapping the advantages of semiconductor nanowires. A silicon (Si) tandem cell can be achieved by growing sub‐5 nm p–n…”
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Impact of surfaces on the optical properties of GaAs nanowires
Published in Applied physics letters (15-11-2010)“…The effect of surfaces on the optical properties of GaAs nanowires is evidenced by comparing nanowires with or without an AlGaAs capping shell as a function of…”
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Imaging Stray Magnetic Field of Individual Ferromagnetic Nanotubes
Published in Nano letters (14-02-2018)“…We use a scanning nanometer-scale superconducting quantum interference device to map the stray magnetic field produced by individual ferromagnetic nanotubes…”
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Three-dimensional nanoscale study of Al segregation and quantum dot formation in GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires
Published in Applied physics letters (15-12-2014)“…GaAs/Al-GaAs core-shell nanowires fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy contain quantum confining structures susceptible of producing narrow photoluminescence…”
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Revealing Large-Scale Homogeneity and Trace Impurity Sensitivity of GaAs Nanoscale Membranes
Published in Nano letters (10-05-2017)“…III–V nanostructures have the potential to revolutionize optoelectronics and energy harvesting. For this to become a reality, critical issues such as…”
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Enhancement of Second Harmonic Signal in Nanofabricated Cones
Published in Nano letters (11-12-2013)“…Geometrical effects in optical nanostructures on nanoscale can lead to interesting phenomena such as inhibition of spontaneous emission, , high-reflecting…”
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Reversal mechanism of an individual Ni nanotube simultaneously studied by torque and SQUID magnetometry
Published in Physical review letters (08-08-2013)“…Using an optimally coupled nanometer-scale SQUID, we measure the magnetic flux originating from an individual ferromagnetic Ni nanotube attached to a Si…”
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Shedding light on the growth of amorphous, polymorphous, protocrystalline and microcrystalline silicon thin films
Published in Thin solid films (15-02-2001)“…We focus here on a study of the growth of polymorphous and protocrystalline silicon materials with respect to the well-established amorphous and…”
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Ga-assisted catalyst-free growth mechanism of GaAs nanowires by molecular beam epitaxy
Published in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics (28-04-2008)“…The mechanisms of Ga-assisted GaAs nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy are addressed. The axial and radial growth rates as a function of the Ga rate and…”
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Effect of the pn junction engineering on Si microwire-array solar cells
Published in Physica status solidi. A, Applications and materials science (01-08-2012)“…We report on the impact of the doping concentration design on the performance of silicon microwire arrays as photovoltaic devices. We have fabricated arrays…”
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Structural and optical properties of high quality zinc-blende/wurtzite GaAs nanowire heterostructures
Published in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics (31-12-2009)“…The structural and optical properties of three different kinds of GaAs nanowires with 100% zinc-blende structure and with an average of 30% and 70% wurtzite…”
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Quantum Interference Control of Femtosecond, μA Current Bursts in Single GaAs Nanowires
Published in Nano letters (12-05-2010)“…A phase-stable superposition of femtosecond pulses from a compact erbium-doped fiber source and their second harmonic is shown to induce ultrashort ∼μA current…”
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Growth and optoelectronic properties of polymorphous silicon thin films
Published in Thin solid films (01-02-2002)“…Polymorphous silicon is a nanostructured thin film consisting of a small fraction of nanocrystalline silicon particles and/or clusters embedded in a relaxed…”
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Gallium arsenide p - i - n radial structures for photovoltaic applications
Published in Applied physics letters (27-04-2009)“…Gallium arsenide p - i - n radial junctions were fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy. The current-voltage characteristics of single nanowires were measured in…”
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Self-assembled quantum dots in a nanowire system for quantum photonics
Published in Nature materials (01-05-2013)“…Quantum dots embedded within nanowires represent one of the most promising technologies for applications in quantum photonics. Whereas the top-down fabrication…”
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Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Nickel Nanotubes with Low Resistivity and Coherent Magnetization Dynamics for 3D Spintronics
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (09-09-2020)“…We report plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (ALD) to prepare conformal nickel thin films and nanotubes using nickelocene as a precursor, water as the…”
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Nucleation mechanism of gallium-assisted molecular beam epitaxy growth of gallium arsenide nanowires
Published in Applied physics letters (11-02-2008)“…Molecular beam epitaxy Ga-assisted synthesis of GaAs nanowires is demonstrated. The nucleation and growth are seen to be related to the presence of a Si O 2…”
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