Strain-induced generation of silicon nanopillars

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 33, 2013, Pages

  Bollani, Monica ^a   Osmond, Johann ^b   Nicotra, Giuseppe ^c   Spinella, Corrado ^c   Narducci, Dario ^d  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c CNR IMM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT TECHNIQUE; METAL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING; METAL-SILICON INTERFACES; NANOPILLAR FORMATION; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

ELECTRON INJECTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; METALS; POROUS SILICON; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84881151659     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/33/335302     Document Type: Article

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