Direct correlation between structural and optical properties of III - V nitride nanowire heterostructures with nanoscale resolution

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3940-3944

  Lim, Sung K ^a   Brewster, Megan ^a   Qian, Fang ^b,e   Li, Yat ^c   Lieber, Charles M ^b,d   Gradečak, Silvija ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; HETEROSTRUCTURES; III-V NITRIDES; NANO SCALE; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM WELL; RATIONAL SYNTHESIS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE NANOWIRES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DEFECT;

CRYSTALS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; NITRIDES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 72849120331     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9025743     Document Type: Article

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