Media effect on CdTe nanowire growth: Mechanism of self-assembly, ostwald ripening, and control of NW geometry

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-377

  Lilly, G Daniel ^a   Lee, Jaebeom ^a,b   Sun, Kai ^a   Tang, Zhiyong ^c   Kim, Ki Sub ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWING NUCLEI; MASS EXCHANGE; PEARL NECKLACE ASSEMBLIES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; OSTWALD RIPENING; SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 38849114351     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp075112s     Document Type: Article

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