Simultaneous growth mechanisms for Cu-seeded InP nanowires

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 297-306

  Hillerich, Karla ^a   Dick, Kimberly A ^a   Messing, Maria E ^a   Deppert, Knut ^a   Johansson, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cu seed particle; epitaxy; InP; MOCVD; MOVPE; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860912950     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0210-9     Document Type: Article

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