In situ TEM observation of heterogeneous phase transition of a constrained single-crystalline Ag2Te nanowire

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4501-4504

  In, Juneho ^a   Yoo, Youngdong ^a   Kim, Jin Gyu ^b   Seo, Kwanyong ^a   Kim, Hyunju ^a   Ihee, Hyotchel ^a   Oh, Sang Ho ^b,c   Kim, Bongsoo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ag2Te nanowire; compressive stress; epitaxial growth; in situ TEM; phase transitions

Indexed keywords

BCC PHASE; BODY-CENTERED CUBIC (BCC) STRUCTURE; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; HETEROGENEOUS PHASE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; IN-SITU TEM; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; NANO-DEVICES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; OVERLAYERS; REAL TIME; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TE NANOWIRE; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; VAPOR TRANSPORT METHODS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOWIRES; PHASE INTERFACES; PLATINUM; SILVER; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TENSILE STRESS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

NANOMATERIAL; SILVER; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HEAT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HOT TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SILVER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM;

EID: 78449293619     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102350j     Document Type: Article

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