In situ etching for total control over axial and radial nanowire growth

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-270

  Borgström, Magnus T ^a   Wallentin, Jesper ^a   Trägårdh, Johanna ^a,b   Ramvall, Peter ^a   Ek, Martin ^a   Wallenberg, L Reine ^a   Samuelson, Lars ^a   Deppert, Knut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In situ etching; MOVPE; Nanowire growth; Photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949453887     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1029-x     Document Type: Article

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