Dependence of surface facet period on the diameter of nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 632-636

  Li, Fang ^a   Nellist, Peter D ^a   Lang, Christian ^a   Cockayne, David J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facet; Nanowire; Silicon; Surface; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIBORANE; ENERGY COST; EXPECTED VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MODEL FIT; NANOFACETING; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; P-DOPING; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON SURFACES; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID; WIRE DIAMETER;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77649099553     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901428u     Document Type: Conference Paper

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