Epitaxial silicide Nanowires on a Silicon Substrate

When rare earth metals are deposited onto a clean Silicon (001) surface in UHV, they can form silicide nanowires. These nanowires have interesting electronic and structural properties. Current research is focused towards controlling their growth. Characterization is done using UHV-STM, STS, AFM, as well as HRTEM.

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