Au-seeded growth of vertical and in-plane III-V nanowires on graphite substrates

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1707-1713

  Wallentin, Jesper ^a   Kriegner, Dominik ^b   Stangl, Julian ^b   Borgström, Magnus T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

epitaxy; graphene; graphite; Nanowire; semiconductor

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

GAAS; GRAPHITE SUBSTRATE; INAS; MODEL SUBSTRATES; NANOWIRE DEVICES; NANOWIRE GROWTH; SEED PARTICLE; VERTICAL NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84897973326     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl403411w     Document Type: Article

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