Controlled growth of 1D and 2D ZnO nanostructures on 4H-SiC using Au catalyst

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Dahiya, Abhishek Singh ^a   Opoku, Charles ^a   Alquier, Daniel ^a   Poulin Vittrant, Guylaine ^a   Cayrel, Frederic ^a   Graton, Olivier ^a   Huu Hue, Louis Pascal Tran ^a   Camara, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Nanostructures; Nanowalls; Nanowires; Zinc cluster drift; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CATALYSTS; FILM GROWTH; FILM THICKNESS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; NANOSTRUCTURE GROWTH; NANOWALLS; SINGLE CRYSTALLINE NANOWIRES; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID PROCESS; ZINC CLUSTERS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

GOLD;

EID: 84939210396     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-379     Document Type: Article

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