Size-dependent phase diagram of nanoscale alloy drops used in vapor - Liquid - Solid growth of semiconductor nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4943-4947

  Sutter, Eli A ^a   Sutter, Peter W ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Au Ge binary system; Nanoscale phase diagrams; Semiconductor metal alloy drops; Semiconductor nanowires; Vapor liquid solid growth

Indexed keywords

BINARY SYSTEMS; NANO SCALE; SEMICONDUCTOR - METAL ALLOY DROPS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; VAPOR - LIQUID - SOLID GROWTH;

ALLOYS; DROPS; GERMANIUM; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY; SYSTEMS (METALLURGICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EID: 78650116106     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101366w     Document Type: Article

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