Ultra-long single-crystalline α-Si 3N 4 nanowires: Derived from a polymeric precursor

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1647-1650

  Yang, Weiyou ^b   Xie, Zhipeng ^b   Li, Jingjing ^b   Miao, Hezhuo ^b   Zhang, Ligong ^b   An, Linan ^a  

^a AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOBELTS; NANOWIRES; POLYSILAZANE PRECERAMIC POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL DEFECTS;

CATALYSTS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 27644579443     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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