Evaporation and deposition of alkyl-capped silicon nanocrystals in ultrahigh vacuum

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 486-489

  Chao, Yimin ^a   Šiller, Lidija ^a   Krishnamurthy, Satheesh ^a,e   Coxon, Paul R ^a   Bangert, Ursel ^b   Gass, Mhairi ^c   Kjeldgaard, Lisbeth ^d   Patole, Samson N ^a,f   Lie, Lars H ^a,g   O'Farrell, Norah ^a   Alsop, Thomas A ^a   Houlton, Andrew ^a   Horrocks, Benjamin R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GASES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ION BEAMS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

LIGHTNING STRIKES; NATURAL PROCESS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON STRUCTURES; SIZE SELECTION; SOLID SUBSTRATES; SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOCRYSTAL; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM;

EID: 34547664722     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.224     Document Type: Article

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