Formation of chiral branched nanowires by the Eshelby Twist

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 477-481

  Zhu, Jia ^a   Peng, Hailin ^a   Marshall, A F ^a   Barnett, D M ^a   Nix, W D ^a   Cui, Yi ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ENERGY HARVESTING; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCREWS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; YARN;

BRANCHED NANOSTRUCTURES; BRANCHED NANOWIRES; BRANCHING STRUCTURES; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; HELICAL NANOWIRES; INORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOWIRES;

LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

EID: 49449118537     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.179     Document Type: Article

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