Hexagonal nanoporous germanium through surfactant-driven self-assembly of Zintl clusters

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7097, 2006, Pages 1126-1130

  Sun, Dong ^a   Riley, Andrew E ^a   Cadby, Ashley J ^a   Richman, Erik K ^a   Korlann, Scott D ^a   Tolbert, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SENSORS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

HEXAGONAL NANOPOROUS GERMANIUM; METAL COMPOSITES; OXIDE-BASED MATERIALS; SURFACTANT TEMPLATING;

GERMANIUM ALLOYS;

AMPHOPHILE; GERMANIUM; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; SILICON; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; COMPOSITE; CONDENSATION; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SENSOR; SURFACE AREA; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 33745613264     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04891     Document Type: Article

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