Electrodeposited Au-CdTe-Au nanowires: Solution-based control over Cd/Te stoichiometry

ECS Transactions

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-109

  Mair, L O ^a   Skinner, K ^b,d   Donley, C L ^a   Superfine, R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ION BEAMS; NANOWIRES; SILICON; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AU NANOWIRES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; PT DEPOSITION; SI/SIO2; TEMPLATED ELECTRODEPOSITION;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 74349086781     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3120691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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