Inherent control of growth, morphology, and defect formation in germanium nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5654-5663

  Biswas, Subhajit ^a   Singha, Achintya ^c   Morris, Michael A ^a,b   Holmes, Justin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ag xAu1?x alloy; electron microscopy; Germanium; nanowire; supercritical fluid solid solid (SFSS) growth; twin

Indexed keywords

ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; BIMETALLIC ALLOYS; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CRYSTAL QUALITIES; CRYSTALLINE FEATURE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEFECT FORMATION; FORMATION ENTHALPY; GERMANIUM NANOWIRES; GROWTH BEHAVIOR; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH-ASPECT RATIO; INTERPARTICLE DIFFUSION; NANOWIRE GROWTH; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PLANAR DEFECT; SEED PARTICLE; STACKING FAULT ENERGIES; STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SUBEUTECTIC; SUPERCRITICAL; THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; TRANSFER MECHANISMS; TWIN;

ASPECT RATIO; DEFECTS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERMANIUM; GOLD; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

GERMANIUM; GOLD; METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; GERMANIUM; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84869200813     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl302800u     Document Type: Article

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