Synthesis of nanostructures in nanowires using sequential catalyst reactions

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 820-825

  Panciera, F ^a,b   Chou, Y C ^b,c,d   Reuter, M C ^b   Zakharov, D ^d   Stach, E A ^d   Hofmann, S ^a   Ross, F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LIGHTING; LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE BEAMS; SILICIDES; TWINNING;

GROWTH DIRECTIONS; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID SOLIDS; METAL SILICIDE; NANOWIRE GROWTH; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84938092052     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4352     Document Type: Article

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