In situ switch of boron nanowire growth mode from vapor-liquid-solid to oxide-assisted growth

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Li, Zhuangzhi ^a   Baca, Javier ^a   Wu, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GROWTH MODES; INORGANIC NANOWIRES (NW);

NANOWIRES;

EID: 43849100752     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2890165     Document Type: Article

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