Carbon-assisted growth and high visible-light optical reflectivity of amorphous silicon oxynitride nanowires

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Shi, Tielin ^a   Tang, Zirong ^b   Liu, Dan ^a   Xi, Shuang ^b   Li, Xiaoping ^b   Lai, Wuxing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; BROAD SPECTRUM; MATRIX; METALLIC CATALYSTS; OPTICAL REFLECTIVITY; SILICON OXYNITRIDES; VAPOR-SOLID GROWTH; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84862911808     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-469     Document Type: Article

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