Issue 26, 2022

Squeezing indium arsenide single crystal to ultrafine nanostructured compact bulk

Abstract

Reciprocating pressure-induced phase transition (RPPT) has been proposed as a new approach to synthesize nanostructured bulk materials with clean grain boundary interfaces for structures that undergo reversible pressure-induced phase transitions. The modulation effects on grain size under different cycle numbers of RPPT for InAs were investigated and the initial single-crystal bulk, with a dimensional size of about 30 μm, was transformed into a nanostructure with an average grain size of 7 nm by the utilization of the in situ high-pressure diamond anvil cell (DAC) technique. To verify the DAC findings, compact nanostructured bulk InAs with grain sizes ranging from 2–20 nm (average = 8 nm) and large dimensions (3.2 mm × 3.2 mm × 0.5 mm) was successfully synthesized from single-crystal InAs using a large volume press (LVP). The smaller work function (3.86 eV) and larger bandgap energy (2.64 eV) of the compact nanostructured bulk InAs phase compared to those of single-crystal InAs demonstrated that the nanostructure affected the macroscopic properties of InAs. The findings confirm the feasibility of synthesizing nanostructured bulk materials via RPPT.

Graphical abstract: Squeezing indium arsenide single crystal to ultrafine nanostructured compact bulk

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Jan 2022
Accepted
10 Jun 2022
First published
10 Jun 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 9431-9438

Squeezing indium arsenide single crystal to ultrafine nanostructured compact bulk

S. Li, X. Li, Q. Yuan, J. Zhang, S. Guan, J. Wang and D. He, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 9431 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR00180B

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