A review on Germanium nanowires

Recent Patents on Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-59

  Pei, Li Z ^a   Cai, Zheng Y ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Application; Ge nanowires; Nanotechnology; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS GERMANIUM; FLUID SENSORS; GERMANIUM NANOWIRES; MEMORY CELL; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOSCALE DEVICE; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE LAYER; RECENT PROGRESS; SUPER-CRITICAL; TEMPLATE METHODS;

APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GERMANIUM OXIDES; LITHIUM; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OHMIC CONTACTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EVAPORATION;

GERMANIUM;

GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM DIOXIDE; NANOWIRE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; GAS; PATENT; POWER SUPPLY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; GASES; GERMANIUM; NANOWIRES; PATENTS AS TOPIC;

EID: 82255186779     PISSN: 18722105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221012798109291     Document Type: Review

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