Research Article

Self-Passivation by Fluorine Plasma Treatment and Low-Temperature Annealing in SiGe Nanowires for Biochemical Sensors

Figure 1

The schematics of different SiGe nanowire surface treatment processes: (a) the “bare” SiGe nanowire without any plasma treatment and (b) the SiGe nanowire with fluorine plasma treatment.
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