By a two-step method, side-by-side bicrystalline ZnSe/ZnCdSe nanoribbons were fabricated via metalorganic
chemical vapor deposition. The nanoribbons were characterized by secondary and transmission electron
microscopy, and energy dispersed X-ray spectroscopy. A good epitaxial relationship and a sharp interface
exist between the two crystals, despite their different crystalline orientation and composition. The lattice
mismatch induced strain is fully accommodated by bending. Two mechanisms, the vapor−liquid−solid
mechanism and a subsequent asymmetric epitaxy, are involved in the growth of the bicrystals. Our results
show that the two-step methods, which were commonly used to fabricate core−shell and axial heterostructures,
can also yield bicrystals.