Metallic and semimetallic silicon 〈100〉 nanowires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Rurali, R ^a   Lorente, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DETECTION; PHONON DENSITY; SILICON NANOWIRES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHONONS; POISSON RATIO; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILICON;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 18144383562     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.026805     Document Type: Article

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