Giant enhancement of the carrier mobility in silicon nanowires with diamond coating

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2442-2446

  Fonoberov, Vladimir A ^a   Balandin, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND COATING; HEAT CONDUCTOR; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOWIRES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; INORGANIC COATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

ELECTRON MOBILITY;

DIAMOND; NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

DIAMOND; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33846134083     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl061554o     Document Type: Article

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