Spontaneous formation of ordered nanocrystal arrays in films evaporated onto nanopore array substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Pavenayotin, Niravun ^a   Stewart Jr , M D ^a   Valles Jr , James M ^a   Yin, Aijun ^b   Xu, J M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; NANOCRYSTAL ARRAYS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ARRAYS; COALESCENCE; EVAPORATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 27644523289     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2130726     Document Type: Article

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