Surface energy driven agglomeration and growth of single crystal metal wires

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1294-1299

  Jung, Soon Jung ^a   Lutz, Tarek ^a   Boese, Markus ^a   Holmes, Justin D ^a,b   Boland, John J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

agglomeration; Au wire; Cu wire; eutectic; surface energy

Indexed keywords

AU WIRE; BI-LAYER FILMS; CU NANOWIRES; CU WIRE; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; METAL WIRES; SINGLE CRYSTAL NANOWIRES; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE ENERGY; WIRE GROWTH;

AGGLOMERATION; EUTECTICS; FILM GROWTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MULTILAYER FILMS; NANOWIRES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

WIRE;

EID: 79952611401     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl104357e     Document Type: Article

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