Self-Assembled Nanowires on Semiconductor Surfaces  

This page is designed to accompany our review article entitled, "Self-assembled nanowires on semiconductor surfaces", which has been published by the Journal of Materials Science. The emphasis of the review article is on the Bi nanoline primarily and the rare-earth nanowires secondarily, although we discuss other nanowire systems.

The goal of this page is to maintain a list of relevant publications which fall into the topic of the review article and to add comments about each paper on how they fit into the picture described so far. Links to separate pages of references for Bi nanolines and for the rare-earth silicide nanowires are given in the sidebar.

I am trying to keep up to date on these, so if there's something I have missed, please let me know. Any suggestions, additions, corrections, welcome.

Top ten Bi nanoline papers

Here is a personal selection of the ten most significant Bi nanoline papers which have been published over the years, in chronological order. A complete list of Bi nanoline papers dating back to 1997 is given here.

  1. Scanning tunneling microscopy observation of bismuth growth on Si(100) surfaces
    M. Naitoh, H. Shimaya, S. Nishigaki, N. Oishi and F. Shoji
    Surf. Sci.  377-379  899-903  (1997)  10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01518-X Citations
  2. Atomically perfect bismuth lines on Si(001)
    K. Miki, D. R. Bowler, J. H. G. Owen, G. A. D. Briggs and K. Sakamoto
    Phys. Rev. B  59  14868-14871  (1999)  10.1103/PhysRevB.59.14868 34 Citations
  3. Bi-induced structures on Si(001)
    K. Miki, J. H. G. Owen, D. R. Bowler, G. A. D. Briggs and K. Sakamoto
    Surf. Sci.  421  397-418  (1999)  10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00870-X 41 Citations
  4. Stress Relief as the Driving Force for Self-Assembled Bi Nanolines
    J. H. G. Owen, K. Miki, H. Koh, H. W. Yeom and D. R. Bowler
    Phys. Rev. Lett.  88  226104  (2002)  10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.226104 19 Citations
  5. Ab initio study of the self-organised Bi-lines on the Si(0 0 1) surface
    R. H. Miwa, T. M. Schmidt and G. P. Srivastava
    Surf. Sci.  507-510  368-373  (2002)  10.1016/S0039-6028(02)01273-6 Citations
  6. Interaction between strain and electronic structure in the Bi nanoline
    J. H. G. Owen, D. R. Bowler and K. Miki
    Surf. Sci. Lett.  527  L177-183  (2003)  10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00029-3 9 Citations
  7. Dynamic Ad-Dimer Twisting Assisted Nanowire Self-Assembly on Si(001)
    J. T. Wang, E. G. Wang, D. S. Wang, H. Mizueki, Y. Kawazoe, M. Naitoh and S. Nishigaki
    Phys. Rev. Lett.  94  226103  (2005)  10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.226103 Citations
  8. The equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of Bi nanolines on clean and hydrogenated Si(001) surfaces
    R. H. Miwa, J. M. MacLeod, A. B. McLean and G. P. Srivastava
    Nanotechnology  16  2427-2435  (2005)  10.1088/0957-4484/16/10/073 Citations
  9. Identification of intermediate linear structure formed during Bi/Si(001) surface anneal
    J. H. G. Owen, D. R. Bowler, S. Kusano and K. Miki
    Surf. Sci.  596  163-175  (2005)  10.1016/j.susc.2005.09.012 Citations
  10. 5-7-5 line defects on As / Si(100): A general stress-relief mechanism for V/IV surfaces
    W. E. McMahon, I. G. Batyrev, T. Hannappel, J. M. Olson and S. B. Zhang
    Phys. Rev. B  74  033304  (2006)  10.1103/PhysRevB.74.033304 Citations