Controlled interconversion of nanoarray of Ta dimples and high aspect ratio Ta oxide nanotubes

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1350-1355

  El Sayed, Hany A ^a   Birss, Viola I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HF SOLUTIONS; HIGH ASPECT RATIOS; INTERCONVERSION; NANO ARRAYS; SURFACE LAYERS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ASPECT RATIO; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NANOTUBES; PHOTORESISTS; TANTALUM;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 65249083864     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl803010v     Document Type: Article

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