Solution-phase epitaxial growth of quasi-monocrystalline cuprous oxide on metal nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5891-5898

  Sciacca, Beniamino ^a   Mann, Sander A ^a   Tichelaar, Frans D ^b   Zandbergen, Henny W ^b   Van Huis, Marijn A ^b,c   Garnett, Erik C ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Core shell nanowire; epitaxial growth; metal semiconductor heterostructures; quasi monocrystalline cuprous oxide (Cu2O); single nanowire quantitative optical absorption measurements; solution phase synthesis

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; CUPROUS OXIDE; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL ABSORPTION MEASUREMENT; SOLUTION PHASE SYNTHESIS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84907874887     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl502831t     Document Type: Article

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