Observation of hole accumulation in Ge/Si core/shell nanowires using off-axis electron holography

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 493-497

  Li, Luying ^a   Smith, David J ^a   Dailey, Eric ^b   Madras, Prashanth ^b   Drucker, Jeff ^a   McCartney, Martha R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell nanowires; hole accumulation; off axis electron holography

Indexed keywords

CORE REGION; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOWIRES; CYLINDRICAL MODELS; DARK-FIELD; ELECTRON HOLOGRAMS; HOLE ACCUMULATION; HOLE DENSITIES; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; OFF-AXIS; OFF-AXIS ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SI(111) SUBSTRATE; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH MECHANISM;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; GERMANIUM; HOLOGRAMS; NANOWIRES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS;

GERMANIUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GERMANIUM; HOLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79851484268     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1033107     Document Type: Article

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