Fabrication and electrical properties of si nanowires synthesized by Al catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid growth

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4494-4499

  Ke, Yue ^a   Weng, Xiaojun ^a   Redwing, Joan M ^a   Eichfeld, Chad M ^a   Swisher, Thomas R ^a   Mohney, Suzanne E ^a   Habib, Youssef M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Illuminex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL CATALYST; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FOUR-POINT; HIGH ASPECT RATIO STRUCTURES; HIGH GROWTH RATE; LIQUID STATE; P-TYPE; P-TYPE DOPANT; SI NANOWIRE; SI SUBSTRATES; SOLUBILITY LIMITS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH;

ASPECT RATIO; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC WIRE; LIQUIDS; NANOWIRES; SILICON; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS; IMPEDANCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 71949127836     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl902808r     Document Type: Article

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