"seedless" vapor-liquid-solid growth of Si and Ge nanowires: The origin of bimodal diameter distributions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Dailey, Eric ^a   Drucker, Jeff ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU ISLANDS; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; DISILANE; SI AND GE NANOWIRES; SMALL DIAMETERS; SMALL ISLANDS; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTHS;

ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; GERMANIUM; GOLD; LIQUIDS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILANES; SILICON; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 63749125940     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3088885     Document Type: Article

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