Elongated doped semiconductors, growth of such semiconductors, devices containing such semiconductors, and fabrication of such devices

摘要

A method comprises providing a population of catalyst particles and growing a population of semiconductor nanowires catalytically from the population of catalyst particles. The nanowires of the population have a variation in diameter of less than about 20%, and the nanowires of the population have a smallest width less than 500 nanometers. Preferably the nanowires of the population have a variation in diameter of less than about 10%.