Surface energy-mediated construction of anisotropic semiconductor wires with selective crystallographic polarity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sohn, Jung Inn ^a   Hong, Woong Ki ^b   Lee, Sunghoon ^c   Lee, Sanghyo ^d   Ku, Jiyeon ^c   Park, Young Jun ^c   Hong, Jinpyo ^d   Hwang, Sungwoo ^c   Park, Kyung Ho ^e   Warner, Jamie H ^a   Cha, Seungnam ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Advanced Nano Fab Centre   (South Korea)

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EID: 84904490620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05680     Document Type: Article

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