Synthesis of Narrow SnTe Nanowires Using Alloy Nanoparticles
Abstract
Topological crystalline insulator tin telluride (SnTe) provides a rich playground to examine interactions of correlated electronic states, such as ferroelectricity, topological surface states, and superconductivity. The study of SnTe nanowires may lead to even richer physics owing to the one-dimensional (1D) confinement effect and an increased contribution from the topological surface states. Thus, for transport measurements, SnTe nanowires must be synthesized with reduced diameters and high crystalline quality to ensure 1D confinement and phase coherence of the topological surface electrons. Here, we report a facile growth method to produce narrow SnTe nanowires with a high yield using alloy nanoparticles as growth catalysts. The average diameter of the SnTe nanowires grown using alloy nanoparticles is 85 nm, nearly a factor of three reduction compared to the average diameter of 240 nm when using gold nanoparticles as growth catalysts. Transport measurements reveal the effect of the nanowire diameter on the residual resistance ratio and magnetoresistance. Particularly, the ferroelectric transition temperature for SnTe evolves systematically with the nanowire diameter. In situ cryogenic cooling of narrow SnTe nanowires in a transmission electron microscope directly reveals the cubic to rhombohedral structural transition, which is associated with the ferroelectric transition. Thus, these narrow SnTe nanowires representmore »
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- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Energy Sciences Inst., West Haven, CT (United States)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Energy Sciences Inst., West Haven, CT (United States); Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada)
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1771133
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1777275
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-221140-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2637-6113; TRN: US2206886
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; SC0014476; DMR-1743896; DMR1743913
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Electronic Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2637-6113
- Publisher:
- ACS Publications
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; topological crystalline insulators; tin telluride; nanowires; vapor−liquid−solid growth; ferroelectric transition
Citation Formats
Liu, Pengzi, Han, Hyeuk Jin, Wei, Julia, Hynek, David, Hart, James L., Han, Myung Geun, Trimble, Christie Jordan, Williams, James, Zhu, Yimei, and Cha, Judy J. Synthesis of Narrow SnTe Nanowires Using Alloy Nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00740.
Liu, Pengzi, Han, Hyeuk Jin, Wei, Julia, Hynek, David, Hart, James L., Han, Myung Geun, Trimble, Christie Jordan, Williams, James, Zhu, Yimei, & Cha, Judy J. Synthesis of Narrow SnTe Nanowires Using Alloy Nanoparticles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00740
Liu, Pengzi, Han, Hyeuk Jin, Wei, Julia, Hynek, David, Hart, James L., Han, Myung Geun, Trimble, Christie Jordan, Williams, James, Zhu, Yimei, and Cha, Judy J. Wed .
"Synthesis of Narrow SnTe Nanowires Using Alloy Nanoparticles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00740. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1771133.
@article{osti_1771133,
title = {Synthesis of Narrow SnTe Nanowires Using Alloy Nanoparticles},
author = {Liu, Pengzi and Han, Hyeuk Jin and Wei, Julia and Hynek, David and Hart, James L. and Han, Myung Geun and Trimble, Christie Jordan and Williams, James and Zhu, Yimei and Cha, Judy J.},
abstractNote = {Topological crystalline insulator tin telluride (SnTe) provides a rich playground to examine interactions of correlated electronic states, such as ferroelectricity, topological surface states, and superconductivity. The study of SnTe nanowires may lead to even richer physics owing to the one-dimensional (1D) confinement effect and an increased contribution from the topological surface states. Thus, for transport measurements, SnTe nanowires must be synthesized with reduced diameters and high crystalline quality to ensure 1D confinement and phase coherence of the topological surface electrons. Here, we report a facile growth method to produce narrow SnTe nanowires with a high yield using alloy nanoparticles as growth catalysts. The average diameter of the SnTe nanowires grown using alloy nanoparticles is 85 nm, nearly a factor of three reduction compared to the average diameter of 240 nm when using gold nanoparticles as growth catalysts. Transport measurements reveal the effect of the nanowire diameter on the residual resistance ratio and magnetoresistance. Particularly, the ferroelectric transition temperature for SnTe evolves systematically with the nanowire diameter. In situ cryogenic cooling of narrow SnTe nanowires in a transmission electron microscope directly reveals the cubic to rhombohedral structural transition, which is associated with the ferroelectric transition. Thus, these narrow SnTe nanowires represent a model system to study electronic states arising from 1D confinement, such as 1D topological superconductivity and potential multiband superconductivity.},
doi = {10.1021/acsaelm.0c00740},
journal = {ACS Applied Electronic Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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