Growth of parallel rare-earth silicide nanowire arrays on vicinal Si(001)

Nanotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 873-877

  Liu, B Z ^a,b   Nogami, J ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIMERS; DYSPROSIUM; GADOLINIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRAIN;

BIAXIAL STRAIN; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING; RARE EARTH SILICIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0041506993     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/14/8/306     Document Type: Article

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