Truncated tetrahedron seed crystals initiating stereoaligned growth of FeSi nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8652-8657

  Kim, Si In ^a   Yoon, Hana ^a   Seo, Kwanyong ^a   Yoo, Youngdong ^a   Lee, Sungyul ^b   Kim, Bongsoo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

epitaxial growth; iron silicide; nanowires; seed crystal; transition metal silicides

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CATALYST-FREE; CHARACTERISTIC SHAPES; CHEMICAL VAPOR TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; DIRECTIONAL GROWTH; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; IRON SILICIDES; SEED CRYSTAL; SPECIFIC ORIENTATION; TEM ANALYSIS; TRANSITION METAL SILICIDES;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; SILICIDES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALLOY; IRON; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867826034     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302141w     Document Type: Article

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