%0 Conference Paper %A Monasterio, Manuel %A Rodríguez Domínguez, Andrés %A Rodríguez Rodríguez, Tomás %A Ballesteros Pérez, Carmen Inés %B Materials Research Society Symposium 2011 %C Boston, EEUU %D 2011 %F upm:13245 %I Cambridge Journals %P 1-6 %R 10.1557/opl.2012.34 %T SiGe nanowires grown by LPCVD using Ga-Au catalysts %U https://oa.upm.es/13245/ %V 1408 %X The use of Ga-Au alloys as metal catalysts for the growth of SiGe nanowires has been investigated. The grown nanowires are cylindrical and straight, with a defect-free crystalline structure, sharp nanowire-droplet interfaces and an almost constant Ge atomic fraction throughout all their length. These features represent significant improvements over the results obtained using pure Au