Crystal shape engineering of topological crystalline insulator snte microcrystals and nanowires with huge thermal activation energy gap

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2502-2509

  Safdar, Muhammad ^a   Wang, Qisheng ^a   Mirza, Misbah ^a   Wang, Zhenxing ^a   He, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MICROCRYSTALS; SOLIDS; TOPOLOGY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; CRYSTALLINE INSULATORS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; THERMAL ACTIVATION ENERGIES; THERMAL EXCITATION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84900315510     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg5002122     Document Type: Article

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