A core/shell mechanism for stacking-fault generation in GaAs nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Yuan, Zaoshi ^a   Nomura, Ken Ichi ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BONDS; ATOMISTIC MECHANISM; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; GAAS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUCLEATION GROWTH MODEL; TOP SURFACE;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84859985328     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3703765     Document Type: Article

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