Probing of Individual Semiconductor Nanowhiskers by TEM-STM

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Larsson, Magnus W ^a   Wallenberg, L Reine ^a   Persson, Ann I ^a   Samuelson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nanowhiskers; Nanowires; STM tip preparation; TEM STM; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

INDIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ARSENICALS; INDIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 1442289770     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927604040176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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