Abstract:
A manufacturing method of metal silicide nanowire and a metal silicide nanowire manufactured thereby are provided to obtain high quality monocrystallic nanowire which is adequate for various applications in the field of nano-element in a simple process by employing vapor-phase transport process. A manufacturing method of metal silicide nanowire comprises steps of: a) placing a silicon substrate(31) on the rear end(12) of a reaction passage(10), and putting metal precursor in the fore end(11) of the reaction passage; b) forming a flow of inert gas from the fore end to the rear end of the reaction passage; c) maintaining the temperature of the fore end so as to evaporate the metal precursor while maintaining the temperature of the rear end so as to decompose the metal precursor; and d) building metal silicide nanowire on the silicon substrate by decomposition of the evaporated halogenated metal precursor on the flowing of the inert gas forward to the rear end of the reaction passage. The reaction passage has the fore end and the rear end, which are independently equipped with a heating and a temperature control equipment(21,22), respectively. The reaction passage is composed of quartz, and the passage also has a boat-shaped vessel(33) of alumina for putting the metal precursor into the center of the fore end, and a silicon substrate(31) at the center of the rear end. The reaction passage is maintained at 100 torr to an ambient pressure. The metal precursor is selected from compounds represented by formula 1 of MXn, wherein M is selected from Co, Fe and Cr, X is selected from F, Cl, Br and I, and n is 2 or 3. The metal silicide nanowire is selected from monocrystallic cobalt silicide, iron silicide and chromium silicide nanowires.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing iron cobalt silicide nanowires is provided to produce high-purity and high-quality single crystal iron cobalt silicide(Fe_(1-x)Co_xSi) having physical properties suitable for applications to nano devices. An iron cobalt silicide single crystal nanowire has a composition of Fe_(1-x)Co_xSi, wherein x is a value ranging from 0.01 to 0.99. A method for manufacturing the iron cobalt silicide single crystal nanowire includes a step of heat-treating a precursor placed at the front end part of a reactor and a silicon substrate placed at the rear end part of the reactor under an inert gas atmosphere to form the Fe_(1-x)Co_xSi nanowire on the silicon substrate, wherein the precursor is a mixture of cobalt halide and iron halide. Further, the nanowire is ferromagnetic material and has helical spin order.