Gold catalyzed nickel disilicide formation: A new solid-liquid-solid phase growth mechanism

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6009-6015

  Tang, Wei ^a,b   Picraux, S Tom ^b   Huang, Jian Yu ^d   Liu, Xiaohua ^d   Tu, K N ^a   Dayeh, Shadi A ^b,c  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

homogeneous nucleation; in situ TEM; liquid mediating; Nickel silicide; silicon nanowire; ternary alloy

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; IN-SITU TEM; INTERSTITIAL DIFFUSION; NICKEL SILICIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES; SOLID-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTHS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISM;

CATALYSIS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; IN SITU PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; NANOWIRES; NICKEL; NUCLEATION; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SILICIDES; SILICON; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TERNARY ALLOYS; VAPORS;

SILICON ALLOYS;

GOLD; NANOWIRE; NICKEL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

CATALYSIS; GOLD; NANOWIRES; NICKEL; PHASE TRANSITION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON;

EID: 84890374221     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl4032023     Document Type: Article

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