Combinatorial approaches to understanding polytypism in III-V nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 6142-6149

  Johansson, Jonas ^a   Bolinsson, Jessica ^a   Ek, Martin ^a   Caroff, Philippe ^b   Dick, Kimberly A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

ANNNI model; combinatorics; III V materials; nanowires; polytypism

Indexed keywords

ANNNI MODEL; COMBINATORIAL APPROACH; COMBINATORICS; CRYSTAL PHASE; CRYSTAL PHASE CONTROL; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS; LIFE-SCIENCES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; PARAMETER-TUNING; POLYTYPES; POLYTYPISM; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; POLYMORPHISM; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84864242537     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301477x     Document Type: Article

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