Structure and growth of quasi-one-dimensional YSi2 nanophases on Si(100)

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Iancu, V ^a   Kent, P R C ^b   Hus, S ^a   Hu, H ^a   Zeng, C G ^c   Weitering, H H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING WIRE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GROWTH PARAMETERS; LOCAL ORDERING; METAL COVERAGES; NANODEVICE APPLICATIONS; NANOPHASES; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ROBUST NETWORK; SI(1 0 0); SI(100) SURFACE; SILICIDE FORMATION; SINGLE WIRES; TUNNELING SPECTRA;

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICIDES; SILICON; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; WIRE; YTTRIUM;

NANOWIRES;

SILICATE; SILICON; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICATES; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84870889091     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/1/014011     Document Type: Article

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