Focused-ion-beam assisted growth, patterning, and narrowing the size distributions of ZnO nanowires for variable optical properties and enhanced nonmechanical energy conversion

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2819-2827

  Wang, Xianying ^a   Xie, Shufang ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Kucheyev, Sergei O ^b   Wang, Y Morris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

activation energy; Au Ga catalyst; focused ion beam; growth; nanogenerator; ZnO nanowire

Indexed keywords

C-PLANE SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; HIGH-CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; NANOGENERATOR; RATE-CONTROLLING MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ION BEAMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84880578494     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm401195v     Document Type: Article

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