Initial growth of single-crystalline nanowires: From 3D nucleation to 2D growth

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1057-1062

  Huang, X H ^a,c   Li, G H ^a   Sun, G Z ^b   Dou, X C ^a   Li, L ^a   Zheng, L X ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anodic alumina membrane; Electrodeposition; Initial growth mechanism; Nanowire

Indexed keywords

2D GROWTH; 3D NUCLEATION; ANODIC ALUMINA MEMBRANES; CO NANOWIRES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; GROWTH STAGES; NANOSCALED; NUCLEATION PROCESS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINA MEMBRANES; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; PROGRESSIVE NUCLEATION; PULSED ELECTRODEPOSITION TECHNIQUES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

ALUMINUM SHEET; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 77953022577     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9602-5     Document Type: Article

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