Nanoscale structural engineering via phase segregation: Au-Ge system

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Chueh, Yu Lun ^a,c   Boswell, Cosima N ^b,c   Yuan, Chun Wei ^b,c   Shin, Swanee J ^b,c   Takei, Kuniharu ^a,c   Ho, Johnny C ^a,c   Ko, Hyunhyub ^a,b,c,d   Fan, Zhiyong ^a,c   Haller, E E ^b,c   Chrzan, D C ^b,c   Javey, Ali ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b No 1760   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nanoscale diffusion; Nanowires; Phase segregation; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; CORE/SHELL; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GE SYSTEMS; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO SCALE; NANODISKS; NANOSCALE DIFFUSION; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; SOLID SOLUBILITIES; STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING;

GERMANIUM; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; PHASE SEPARATION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUPERCOOLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 76749134389     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl902597m     Document Type: Article

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