Self-assembled Ge, Sb and Al nanostructures on graphite: Comparative STM studies

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Kushvaha, S S ^a   Yan, Z ^a,b   Xiao, W ^a   Xu, M J ^a,c   Xue, Q K ^c   Wang, X S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GERMANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

DEPOSITION FLUX; GROWTH STAGES; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE (HOPG); MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

NANORODS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CRYSTALLIN; GERMANIUM; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33947112919     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/14/145501     Document Type: Article

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