Direct observation of the semimetal-to-semiconductor transition of individual single-crystal bismuth nanowires grown by on-film formation of nanowires

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 40, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Seunghyun ^a   Ham, Jinhee ^a   Jeon, Kyejin ^a   Noh, Jin Seo ^a   Lee, Wooyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; BI FILMS; BI NANOWIRES; BISMUTH NANOWIRES; DIRECT OBSERVATION; FILM FORMATIONS; FILM STRUCTURE; FOUR-PROBE; NANOFABRICATION TECHNIQUES; SEMI-METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSITION; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SMALL-DIAMETER; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

BISMUTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIQUID NITROGEN;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77958526063     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/40/405701     Document Type: Article

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