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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 130, Issue 8, Pages 2681-2685Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja7101983
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A process for self-pinning of AuSi eutectic alloy droplets to a Si substrate, induced by a controlled temperature annealing in ultrahigh vacuum, is presented. Surface pinning of AuSi 3D droplets to the Si substrate is found to be a consequence of the readjustment in the chemical composition of the droplets upon annealing, as required to maintain thermodynamic equilibrium at the solid-liquid interface. Structural and morphological changes leading to the pinning of the droplets to the substrate are analyzed. Phase separation is observed upon cooling of the droplets, leading to the formation of amorphous Si-rich channels within the core and the formation of crystalline Si nanoshells on the outside. The mechanism leading to the pinning and surface layering provides new insight into the role of alloying during growth of silicon nanowires and may be relevant to the engineering of nanoscale Si cavities.
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