Nanowire heterostructures

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 451-479

  Hyun, Jerome K ^a   Zhang, Shixiong ^b   Lauhon, Lincoln J ^c  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronics; Energy conversion; Interfaces; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL COMPONENT; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICAL DEGREES; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ASPECT RATIO; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84880202404     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-071312-121659     Document Type: Review

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