Nanostructural transformation and formation of heterojunctions from si nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5559-5564

  Wong, Tai Lun ^a   Cheng, Chun ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Fung, Kwok Kwong ^a   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

heterojunctions; in situ study; metal silicides; silicon nanowire; structural transformation

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU STUDY; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; METAL SILICIDES; NANOSIZED DROPLETS; NANOSTRUCTURAL; NANOTUBE JUNCTIONS; NANOWIRE JUNCTIONS; NATIVE OXIDES; NI SILICIDE; OXIDE SURFACE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SI NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; THIN SHELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOTUBES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SILICIDES; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; OXIDE; SILICON; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALIBRATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OXIDES; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78049351359     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100465s     Document Type: Article

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