Epitaxy of Ge nanowires grown from biotemplated Au nanoparticle catalysts

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1209-1217

  Sierra Sastre, Yajaira ^a   Dayeh, Shadi A ^b   Picraux, S T ^b   Batt, Carl A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotemplates; Chemical vapor deposition; Germanium; Nanoparticles; Nanowires; S layer proteins; Vapor liquid solid

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURFACES; BIOTEMPLATES; CATALYST DENSITY; CATALYST SIZE; CONTROLLED GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GERMANIUM SUBSTRATES; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; HIGH-DENSITY; MINIATURIZED DEVICES; PROTEIN LATTICE; PROTEIN TEMPLATES; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; S-LAYER PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SMALL SIZE; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; TEMPLATED; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISM; VLS GROWTH;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GERMANIUM; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SINGLE CRYSTALS; VAPORS;

SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GERMANIUM; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEINOCOCCUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILIZATION;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; DEINOCOCCUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANIUM; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77649094385     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901664r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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