Metastable growth of pure wurtzite InGaAs microstructures

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4757-4762

  Ng, Kar Wei ^a   Ko, Wai Son ^a   Lu, Fanglu ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

core shell; III V; Nanowire; phase purity; wurtzite

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

CORE-SHELL; III-V; III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR; PHASE PURITY; SITU TRANSFORMATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; WURTZITES;

GROWTH (MATERIALS);

EID: 84906093404     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl501887f     Document Type: Article

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