Preferred heteroepitaxial orientations of ZnO nanorods on Ag

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1352-1361

  Floro, J A ^a   Michael, J R ^b   Brewer, L N ^b   Hsu, J W P ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG SUBSTRATE; BASAL PLANES; COINCIDENCE SITE LATTICES; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; EPITAXIAL ORIENTATIONS; FEATURE ALIGNMENT; GROWN FROM SOLUTIONS; HETEROEPITAXIAL ORIENTATION; IN-PLANE ORIENTATION; NANOROD GROWTH; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SURFACE NORMALS; WURTZITES; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; NANORODS; SILVER; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77957937234     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0179     Document Type: Article

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