Molecular dynamics simulations of gold-catalyzed growth of silicon bulk crystals and nanowires

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2199-2206

  Ryu, Seunghwa ^a   Cai, Wei ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Nucleation and growth; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BINARY PHASE DIAGRAMS; EMPIRICAL POTENTIALS; GROWTH VELOCITY; LOW TEMPERATURE LIMIT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SI CONCENTRATION; SIMULATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SILICON;

EID: 84872099421     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.155     Document Type: Article

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