Nanostructured semiconductor surfaces induced by an electric field

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Kumar, P ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ORDER; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FIELD TREATMENT; GAAS; GRAIN SIZE; IN-FIELD; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANO-STRUCTURING; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; SILICON SURFACES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GERMANIUM; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SILICON WAFERS;

SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GERMANIUM; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 77955709543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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