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U-Chengxing Wang wase-Sun Yat-sen University e-Guangzhou, e-China kanye nozakwabo basanda kuthola impumelelo ekudaleni 'iphepha' le-silicon eguquguqukayo nelisobala ngokubeka impushana ye-silicon monoxide ngaphakathi kwe-crucible futhi yawuhwamulisa ezingeni lokushisa elingu-1600 C degrees. Kusetshenziswa umfudlana wegesi ye-argon ukusunduza umhwamuko uye phezulu kwe-crucible, ukusabela kokupholisa kwakha izinhlayiya ze-silicon ne-silicon dioxide okubangele ukuthi i-silicon inamathele ndawonye ngendlela ye-nano-wires ehlanganiswe ndawonye njengefayibha ephepheni lendabuko noma insimbi. uvolo. Ekugcineni, naphezu kokwabelana ngezinto ezifanayo zekristalu eziqinile ezibonwa kuma-chips wezinto zikagesi ezithuthuke kakhulu zanamuhla, isakhiwo esifana nephepha esiwumphumela siyakwazi ukugoba ngokukhululeka ngaphandle kokunqamuka. Ngenxa yezakhiwo eziyingqayizivele ze-nano-scale zephepha, ukukhanya kukwazi ukudlula ngokukhululekile kunikeza impahla yokugcina izinto ezibonakalayo.

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Njengamanje, u-Wang nabasebenzi bakhe bagxile ekudaleni amashidi amakhulu ezintambo ze-nano ezinogqinsi olufana neyunifomu engasetshenziselwa izicelo zezimboni. Ukuba nephepha elisha le-silicon kuyinto eyodwa, kodwa kusobala, futhi? Lokho kufana nokuthola i-XBox futhi i-Playstation kaKhisimusi.

Abstract:

Uma izinto ezifana nephepha eziguquguqukayo nezizimele ezingalindeleka ukuthi zihlangabezane nezidingo zobuchwepheshe ezivelayo, njengezingxenye zamabhethri kagesi asobala, amaseli elanga aguquguqukayo, izinto zikagesi ezigobekayo, izibonisi zephepha, amakhompyutha agqokekayo, njalo njalo, zingafinyelelwa. ku-silicon, akungabazeki ukuthi izinto zendabuko ze-semiconductor zizovuselelwa. I-silicon eyinqwaba ayikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngesixazululo ngoba imvamisa ikhombisa ukonakala ngaphansi kwezinga lokushisa elincibilikayo ngenxa yengcindezi ephezulu ye-Peierls. Ngenhlanhla, lapho usayizi we-silicon wehlela ku-nanoscale, inamandla amakhulu okudonsa kanzima, okuholela ethubeni lokuklama iphepha le-silicon nanowires eliguquguqukayo nelizimele (FTS-SiNWsP). Kodwa-ke, ukugcwaliseka kwe-FTS-SiNWsP kusewumsebenzi oyinselele ngenxa enkulu yobuqili bokulungiselela ukuhlangana okuyingqayizivele okuhlanganayo nokukhula okulawulekayo kwe-catalyst. Lapha, sethula isu elilula lokwenziwa ngokugeleza kwegesi okuqondiswe umhlangano wokuqondanisa okuyingqayizivele okuhlanganayo kwe-Si nanowires (SiNWs) ukukhiqiza, okokuqala ngqa, i-FTS-SiNWsP, eyayihlanganisa ama-SiNW axhumene anobubanzi obuyi-10 nm nge- i-free-catalyst thermal evaporation esithandweni somlilo esime mpo se-high-frequency induction. Le ndlela ivula ithuba lokudala amadivaysi ahlukahlukene asebenzayo abonakalayo avumelana nezimo asekelwe ku-FTS-SiNWsP.
-Chunlei Pang, Hao Cui, Guowei Yang, kanye noChengxin Wang

(umthombo: Izincwadi ze-ACS)

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