Wurtzite structure gallium nitride, GaN,a direct bandgap semiconductor(3.4 eV at room temperature),is an ideal material for fabrication of blue/green light emit ting diodes(LED),laser diodes(LD),and high power integrated circuits.When used a s the material for LEDs and LDs,GaN has high transforming efficiencies and its d evice s have a long using lifetime of up to 10000 hours,several decuple times longer t han that of conventional light emitting diodes.As a semiconductor material for b lue/green light sources,GaN is non replaceable.It will have important applications in li g ht emitting devices,optical communication systems,compact disk(CD)players,full c olor copying devices,full color printers,high distinguishing laser printers,gr ea t screen full color displaying devices,and super thin TV displaying devices etc . In recent years,GaN has been the focus and hotspot of semiconductor industries,a nd its devices have a shining place in light emitting and laser industries. We synthesized GaN nanowires by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD)method.The nano wires have diameters from 20 nm to 60 nm,and the maximum length is up to 100 μ m .Following figure is the scanning electron microscopy (SEM)image of the as synt hesized GaN nanowires.
