Patent ID: 7670933
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: C30B,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for nanowire-templated lateral epitaxial growth of nonpolar Group III nitrides, comprising: forming a plurality of metal catalyst nanoclusters on a surface of a crystallographic template substrate; growing by a metal-organic chemical vapor growth technique a plurality of single-crystal Group III nitride nanowires that are substantially vertically oriented relative to the surface using the plurality of metal catalyst nanoclusters to catalyze nanowire growth under nanowire growth conditions, wherein the single-crystal Group III nitride nanowires are crystallographically aligned with the crystallographic template substrate; and growing by a metal-organic chemical vapor growth technique a Group III nitride material laterally from the single-crystal Group III nitride nanowires under lateral growth conditions to form a coalesced Group III nitride layer.