Fabrication and photoluminescence of hierarchical SiC nanowires

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-231

  Chen, Jianjun ^a,b   Shi, Qiang ^a   Xin, Lipeng ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Tang, Weihua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Microstructure; Photoluminescence; Silicon carbide nanowires

Indexed keywords

BLUE EMISSION; EMISSION PEAKS; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; HIGH DENSITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIC NANOWIRE; SILICA XEROGEL; SILICON CARBIDE NANOWIRES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; VAPOR-SOLID GROWTH MECHANISM;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICA GEL; VAPORS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

BETA SIC NANOWIRE; NANOWIRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860269371     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341312800167560     Document Type: Article

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