General hypothesis for nanowire synthesis. I. Extended principles and evidential (experimental and theoretical) demonstration

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Noor Mohammad, S ^a,b  

^a Sciencotech   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; BASIC SCIENCE; BIPHASIC STRUCTURE; CATALYTIC AGENTS; DROPLET FORMATION; DROPLET SURFACES; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MULTIPLE NUCLEATION; NANODOTS; NANOWIRE GROWTH; NANOWIRE SYNTHESIS; PRECURSOR DECOMPOSITION; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; UNIVERSAL MODEL;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DROPS; EUTECTICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; NANOPORES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; SEED; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052944416     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3608127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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