Investigation of Nucleation Mechanism and Tapering Observed in ZnO Nanowire Growth by Carbothermal Reduction Technique

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Kar, Ayan ^a   Low, Ke Bin ^b   Oye, Michael ^d   Stroscio, Michael A ^a,b,c   Dutta, Mitra ^a,b   Nicholls, Alan ^b   Meyyappan, M ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Nanowires; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; PHASE INTERFACES; ZINC OXIDE;

CONTACT AREAS; DROPLET STABILITY; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH-FLOW RATE; LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACES; NANOWIRE GROWTH; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; ZNO NANOWIRES; AU CATALYSTS; INITIAL STAGES; SAW-TOOTH; ZN ATOMS;

CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION;

EID: 79952699165     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9738-3     Document Type: Article

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