Epitaxial core-shell and core-multishell nanowire heterostructures

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6911, 2002, Pages 57-61

  Lauhon, Lincoln J ^a   Gudlksen, Mark S ^a   Wang, Dell ^a   Lieber, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSISTORS;

NANOWIRES;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

GERMANIUM; SILICON;

INTERFACE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVICE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037038368     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01141     Document Type: Article

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