Solid-state limited nucleation of NiSi/SiC core-shell nanowires by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition

• Main Authors: Alizadeh, Mahdi, Hamzan, Najwa, Ooi, Poh Choon, Omar, Muhammad Firdaus, Dee, Chang Fu, Goh, Boon Tong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89543/1/MuhammadFirdausOmar2019_Solid-StateLimitedNucleationofNiSiSiC.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89543/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12040674
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This work demonstrated a growth of well-aligned NiSi/SiC core-shell nanowires by a one-step process of hot-wire chemical vapor deposition on Ni-coated crystal silicon substrates at different thicknesses. The NiSi nanoparticles (60 to 207 nm) acted as nano-templates to initially inducing the growth o...