InAs quantum dot arrays decorating the facets of GaAs nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5985-5993

  Uccelli, Emanuele ^a,b   Arbiol, Jordi ^c   Morante, Joan Ramon ^d,e   Fontcuberta I Morral, Anna ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

epitaxy; nanowires; optical properties; quantum dots; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; CATALYST-FREE METHOD; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EPITAXY; GAAS NANOWIRES; HETEROSTRUCTURES; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; LINE SCAN; LOW-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE NANOWIRES; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; THIRD GENERATION; ULTRA-THIN;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DECORATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EXCITONS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDIUM ARSENIDE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 78049349255     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101604k     Document Type: Article

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