The role of NiO x overlayers on spontaneous growth of NiSi x nanowires from Ni seed layers

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 431-436

  Kang, Kibum ^a   Kim, Sung Kyu ^a   Kim, Cheol Joo ^a   Jo, Moon Ho ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL SILICIDE NANOWIRES; OVERLAYERS; SEED LAYERS; SPONTANEOUS GROWTH; VAPOR PHASE REACTION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCRYSTALS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

NANOWIRES;

NANOTUBE; NICKEL; NICKEL MONOXIDE; NICKEL SILICIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADSORPTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC WIRING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 40449129815     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl072326c     Document Type: Article

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