Polarity-driven polytypic branching in Cu-based quaternary chalcogenide nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2290-2301

  Zamani, Reza R ^a,b   Ibáez, Maria ^b   Luysberg, Martina ^c   García Castelló, Nuria ^d   Houben, Lothar ^c   Prades, Joan Daniel ^d   Grillo, Vincenzo ^e,f   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal E ^c   Morante, Joan Ramón ^b,d   Cabot, Andreu ^b,g   Arbiol, Jordi ^a,g  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f IMEM CNR   (Italy)

^g INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cation ordering; electronic band structure; polarity; polytypic branching; tetrapod; wurtzite zinc blende polytypes

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHALCOGENIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

CATION ORDERING; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; POLARITY; POLYTYPES; POLYTYPIC BRANCHING; TETRAPOD;

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 84896952334     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405747h     Document Type: Article

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