%B Proceedings of Materials Research Society Symposium 2011 %P 1-6 %R 10.1557/opl.2012.34 %T SiGe nanowires grown by LPCVD using Ga-Au catalysts %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 %I Cambridge Journals %C UK %A Manuel Monasterio %A Andrés Rodríguez Domínguez %A Tomás Rodríguez Rodríguez %A Carmen Inés Ballesteros Pérez %L upm13245 %D 2011 %V 1408