Kinetically-induced hexagonality in chemically grown silicon nanowires

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 575-582

  Liu, Xiaohua ^a   Wang, Dunwei ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Cohesive energy; Hexagonality; Kinetics; Polytypes; Silicon nanowires

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350625534     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9058-z     Document Type: Article

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