Catalytic nickel silicide as an alternative to noble metals in metal-assisted chemical etching of silicon

K Kim, S Choi, H Bong, H Lee, M Kim, J Oh - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) has received much attention from researchers
because it can be used to fabricate plasma-free anisotropic etching profiles for …

Fabrication of arrays of tapered silicon micro-/nano-pillars by metal-assisted chemical etching and anisotropic wet etching

K Yamada, M Yamada, H Maki, KM Itoh - Nanotechnology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Fabrication of a 2D square lattice array of intentionally tapered micro-/nano-silicon pillars by
metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) of silicon wafers is reported. The pillars are square …

Resist-free direct stamp imprinting of GaAs via metal-assisted chemical etching

K Kim, B Ki, K Choi, S Lee, J Oh - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We introduce a method for the direct imprinting of GaAs substrates using wet-chemical
stamping. The predefined patterns on the stamps etch the GaAs substrates via metal …

Top-down etching of Si nanowires

A Solanki, H Um - Semiconductors and Semimetals, 2018 - Elsevier
This chapter provides an overview of fabrication of silicon nanowires by top-down etching
methods. The focus will be on wet and dry etching methods to achieve vertically aligned …

Chemical imprinting of crystalline silicon with catalytic metal stamp in etch bath

B Ki, Y Song, K Choi, JH Yum, J Oh - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conventional lithography using photons and electrons continues to evolve to scale down
three-dimensional nanoscale patterns, but the complexity of technology and equipment is …

Scalable fabrication and metrology of silicon nanowire arrays made by metal assisted chemical etch

A Mallavarapu, B Gawlik, M Grigas… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A scalable fabrication technique for silicon nanowires based on integrating nanoimprint
lithography, metal assisted chemical etching (MACE), and spectroscopic scatterometry is …

Subwavelength photocathodes via metal-assisted chemical etching of GaAs for solar hydrogen generation

K Choi, K Kim, IK Moon, J Bang, J Oh - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
MacEtch allows subwavelength-structured (SWS) texturing on the GaAs surface without
compromising crystallinity. The current density increases greatly, which is directly due to the …

Design and fabrication of vertically aligned single-crystalline Si nanotube arrays and their enhanced broadband absorption properties

YM Tseng, RY Gu, SL Cheng - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose and demonstrate a new and room-temperature approach for the fabrication of
well-ordered arrays of vertically aligned, diameter-, length-, and interspacing-controllable Si …

Nonlinear etch rate of Au-assisted chemical etching of silicon

K Choi, Y Song, B Ki, J Oh - ACS omega, 2017 - ACS Publications
We demonstrated time-dependent mass transport mechanisms of Au-assisted chemical
etching of Si substrates. Variations in the etch rate and surface topology were correlated with …

Effect of Silicon Conductivity and HF/H2O2 Ratio on Morphology of Silicon Nanostructures Obtained via Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching

J Kumar, S Ingole - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2018 - Springer
Abstract n-type silicon substrates were etched via metal-assisted chemical etching with
silver as catalyst and aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid (HF) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 …