Inducing a direct-to-pseudodirect bandgap transition in wurtzite GaAs nanowires with uniaxial stress

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Signorello, G ^a   Lortscher E ^a   Khomyakov, P A ^a   Karg, S ^a   Dheeraj, D L ^b,c   Gotsmann, B ^a   Weman, H ^b   Riel, H ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c CrayoNano AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; LUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICAL METHOD; STRAIN; SULFIDE; SYMMETRY; UNIAXIAL TEST; WAVE FIELD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; LUMINESCENCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSCILLATOR; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84937832130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4655     Document Type: Article

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