Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Direct growth of single-crystalline III–V semiconductors on amorphous substrates

  • Kevin Chen,
  • Rehan Kapadia,
  • Audrey Harker,
  • Sujay Desai,
  • Jeong Seuk Kang,
  • Steven Chuang,
  • Mahmut Tosun,
  • Carolin M. Sutter-Fella,
  • Michael Tsang,
  • Yuping Zeng,
  • Daisuke Kiriya,
  • Jubin Hazra,
  • Surabhi Rao Madhvapathy,
  • Mark Hettick,
  • Yu-Ze Chen,
  • James Mastandrea,
  • Matin Amani,
  • Stefano Cabrini,
  • Yu-Lun Chueh,
  • Joel W. Ager III,
  • Daryl C. Chrzan,
  • Ali Javey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10502
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Growth of high-quality III–V semiconductors for electronics and optoelectronics usually requires an atomic-lattice matched substrate. Here, the authors use templated liquid-phase crystal growth to create single-crystalline III–V material up to ten micrometres across on an amorphous substrate.