Fabrication, characterization, and kinetic study of vertical single-crystalline CuO nanowires on Si substrates

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cheng, Shao Liang ^a   Chen, Ming Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cu film; CuO nanowire; Growth kinetic; Resistance; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GROWTH KINETICS; KINETICS; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; THERMOOXIDATION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CU FILMS; CUO NANOWIRES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; THERMAL OXIDATION;

GROWTH RATE;

EID: 84863298867     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-119     Document Type: Article

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