Dendritic nanowire growth mediated by a self-assembled catalyst

Advanced Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 598-602

  May, Steven J ^a   Zheng, Jian Guo ^a   Wessels, Bruce W ^a,b   Lauhon, Lincoln J ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; NUCLEATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRANCHED DENDRITIC GROWTH; NANOWIRES; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (SAED); VAPOR LIQUID SOLID (VLS) METHODS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 16244364841     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200401332     Document Type: Article

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