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Nanorings, Nanopillars and Nanospikes on Si(111) by Modified Nanosphere Lithography: Fabrication and Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Jefferson Rose  and
Delroy Baugh
Jefferson Rose
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90095–1569
Delroy Baugh*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90095–1569
*
* Email: Baugh@chem.UCLA.edu
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Abstract

Uniform arrays of nanopillars, nanospikes, nanorings and rings atop nanopillars were fabricated using modified nanosphere lithography on the Si(111) surface and observed using AFM and SEM. A self-assembled monolayer mask which utilized 450±10nm polystyrene spheres were used as an etch mask during a fabrication process of physical Ar+ ion bombardment followed by SF6 RIE to produce nanopillars with flat tops that could be as large as 210nm in height and 175nm in diameter. Nanospikes of approximately the same height were fabricated made with a FWHM of 250nm. The initial Ar+ ion bombardment step was varied to achieve up to 4 times faster etch rates and narrowed widths in the nanospikes. Both types nanostructures systems were “self-wired” which is an intrinsic result of this fabrication process. Self-wired nanorings and rings atop nanopillar structures were also fabricated using a two step etching process along with sonication. The nanorings had inner and outer diameters of 225±5nm and 175±5 nm, respectively and were up to 20nm in height and their nanowire connectivity could be made optional by a judicious choice of solvent for sonication. The self-wired Si nanostructures were also “dressed” with self-assembled Ge quantum dots. These Ge/Si nano-architectured structures possess the basic framework for fabricating novel nanoelectronic and nano-optoelectronic devices in the foreseeable future.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 832: Symposium F – Group IV Semiconductor Nanostructures , 2004 , F7.14
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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