Self-assembly of faceted Ni nanodots on Si(111)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Aurongzeb, D ^a   Patibandla, S ^a   Holtz, M ^a   Temkin, H ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-BEAM EVAPORATORS; NANOIMPRINTING; NICKEL NANODOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROEPITAXY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREE ENERGY; NICKEL; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 17944375884     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1880452     Document Type: Article

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