Mechanism and simulation of uniform nanowires of porous silicon growth on p-Si substrate

International Journal of Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-90

  Hossain, S M ^a   Das, J ^b   Dutta, S K ^c   Saha, H ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c City College   (India)

Author keywords

Porous silicon; Simulation; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; POROUS SILICON; SIMULATION; SUBSTRATES;

MEASURED POROSITY; PORE BRANCHING; SIMULATION ALGORITHM; UNIFORMITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33646774336     PISSN: 0219581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219581X0600419X     Document Type: Article

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