Indium deposited nanosystems formation on 2D layered chalcogenide crystals' surfaces.

The studies of In nanosystem formation on (100) surface of In₄Se₃ were conducted applying analysis of STM data from 1 × 1µm² areas considering the distribution of image pixels' height depending on the In deposition degree and kinetics of root mean square, skewness, kurtosis parameters. We have shown the possibility of highly-oriented 1D indium nanostructures' growth with the Volmer-Weber growth mode on In₄Se₃ (100) surface applied as template. The optimal conditions to obtain the most oriented nano wire like nanostructures is thermal-induced Volmer–Weber growth in successive cycles of indium deposition – heating with activation of the solid state dewetting process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]