Core-shell chromium silicide - silicon nanopillars: A contact material for future nanosystems

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3776-3780

  Chang, Mu Tung ^a   Chen, Chih Yen ^a   Chou, Li Jen ^a   Chen, Lih Juann ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromium silicide; Core shell; Field emission; Nanopillars; Vapor liquid solid mechanism

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM SILICIDES; CONTACT MATERIAL; CORE-SHELL; FIELD-EMISSION BEHAVIOR; NANOPILLARS; REDUCED ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISM; WARRANT CONSIDERATION;

CHROMIUM; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FIELD EMISSION; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICIDES; VAPORS;

NANOSYSTEMS;

EID: 73249153193     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901045f     Document Type: Article

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