November 24, 2015
Author(s)
Babak Nikoobakht, Andrew A. Herzing, Shinichiro Muramoto, Jerry Tersoff
We show that Au nanoparticles spontaneously move across the (001) surface of InP, InAs, and GaP when heated in the presence of water vapor. As they move, the particles etch crystallographically aligned grooves into the surface. We show that this process is