Pipetting nanowires: In situ visualization of solid-state nanowire-to-nanoparticle transformation driven by surface diffusion-mediated capillarity

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-701

  Toimil Molares, Maria Eugenia ^a   Röntzsch, Lars ^b,c   Sigle, Wilfried ^d   Heinig, Karl Heinz ^b   Trautmann, Christina ^a   Neumann, Reinhard ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

capillarity; copper; nanotubes; nanowires; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON COATING; CARBON TUBE; CRYSTALLINE NANOPARTICLES; CU ATOMS; GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATION; GRAPHIT-IC COATING; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; METALLIC COPPER; MONOCRYSTALLINE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NANO SCALE; NANOPIPETTES; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLID CONTENTS; STORAGE MEDIA; TOTAL FREE ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ATOMS; CAPILLARITY; COATINGS; COPPER; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; SURFACE DIFFUSION; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISUALIZATION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84857176865     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201102260     Document Type: Article

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