Phase diagram of nanoscale alloy particles used for vapor-liquid-solid growth of semiconductor nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 411-414

  Sutter, Eli ^a   Sutter, Peter ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM COMPOSITION; VAPOR LIQUID SOLID GROWTH;

GOLD ALLOYS; NANOWIRES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

ALLOY; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; EVALUATION; GAS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC WIRING; GASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 40449090182     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0719630     Document Type: Article

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