SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES AND NANOTUBES

• DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.34.040203.112300
• Publication Date: 2004-07-07T17:32:23Z
• Authors: Matt Law; Joshua Goldberger; Peidong Yang
• Keywords: Rational design

▪ Abstract Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes exhibit novel electronic optical properties owing to their unique structural one-dimensionality possible quantum confinement effects in two dimensions. With a broad selection of compositions band structures, these one-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures are considered be the critical components wide range potential nanoscale device applications. To fully exploit nanostructures, current research has focused on rational synthetic control building blocks, characterization fabrication based nanowire integration elements into complex functional architectures. Significant progress been made few short years. This review highlights recent advances field, using work from this laboratory for illustration. The understanding general nanocrystal growth mechanisms serves as foundation synthesis heterostructures one dimension. Availability high-quality allows systematic structural-property correlation investigations, particularly size- dimensionality-controlled nature. Novel including microcavity lasing, phonon transport, interfacial stability chemical sensing surveyed.