Fast growth of branched nickel monosilicide nanowires by laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Gao, Y ^a   Zhou, Y S ^a   Qian, M ^b   Xie, Z Q ^a   Xiong, W ^a   Luo, H F ^c   Jiang, L ^c   Lu, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED NANOSTRUCTURES; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DISILANES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; LASER-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; NANO-DEVICES; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; NI FOAM; NICKEL MONOSILICIDE; PRECURSOR MOLECULES; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOWIRES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79954601979     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/23/235602     Document Type: Article

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