Structural and elastic properties of InN nanowires

Author(s)

Ehtesham Bin Quddus, University of South CarolinaFollow
Alina Wilson
Jie Liu
Zhihua Cai, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Deepak Veereddy
Xinyong Tao
Xiaodong Li, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Richard A. Webb, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Goutam Koley, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Structural and elastic properties of InN nanowires (NWs) have been investigated. It was observed that the NWs bend spontaneously or upon meeting an obstacle in their growth path at angles that are multiples of 30°. Lithographically patterned trenches and barriers were found to influence the growth direction of the NWs, which depending on the angle of incidence, grew along the barrier or got deflected from it. Young's modulus of InN NWs, measured by three point bending method using a NW suspended across a trench, was found to be 266 GPa, which is in between the moduli of bulk and thin film InN. Overall, the InN NW properties were found to be very suitable for applications in nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and sensors.

Publication Info

Published in Physica Status Solidi (a), Volume 209, Issue 4, 2012, pages 718-723.

Rights

(c) Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2012.

Quddus, E. B., Veereddy, D., Tao, X., Li, X., Webb, R. A., & Koley, G. (April 2012). Structural and Elastic Properties of InN Nanowires. Physica Status Solidi (a), 209 (4), 718 – 723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201127530