Semiconductor nanowires have attracted extensive interest as one of the best-defined
classes of nanoscale building blocks for the bottom-up assembly of functional electronic and …

Nanowires are filamentary crystals with a tailored diameter that can be obtained using a
plethora of different synthesis techniques. In this review, we focus on the vapor phase …

Nucleation theory provides a powerful tool for growth modeling of a variety of objects: from
liquid droplets to thin solid films and biological structures. Theoretical approaches based on …

III–V nanowires (NWs) have been envisioned as nanoscale materials for next-generation
technology with good functionality, superior performance, high integration ability and low …

This article reviews recent developments in nanowire‐based photovoltaics (PV) with an
emphasis on III–V semiconductors including growth mechanisms, device fabrication and …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) represent a new class of materials and a shift from
conventional two-dimensional bulk thin films to three-dimensional devices. Unlike thin film …

Achieving phase purity and control in III− V nanowires is a necessity for future nanowire-
based device applications. Many works have focused on cleaning specific crystal phases of …

We develop a quantitative model of the self-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid growth of GaAs
nanowires, that depends on only a few a priori unknown physical parameters. The model is …

We report on the Au-free molecular beam epitaxy growth of coherent GaAs nanowires
directly on Si (111) substrates. The growth is catalyzed by liquid Ga droplets formed in the …

III-V nanowires (NWs) are promising for a wide range of applications, ranging from optics to
electronics, energy, and biological sensing. The structural quality of NWs is of paramount …