[0001] Oriented aluminum nitride one-dimensional nanostructures: Synthesis, structure evolution, and electrical properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-142

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Yang, Yuan ^b,c   Yu, Bo ^a   Song, Xubo ^a   Li, Xingguo ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum nitride; Controlled synthesis; Electrical properties; One dimensional nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 42549141803     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700363t     Document Type: Article

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