Nanowire assembly and integration

Nanofabrication: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 187-211

  Gu, Zhiyong ^a   Gracias, David H ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up assembly; Directed assembly; Interconnects; Nano soldering; Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnology; Nanowire (NW); Self assembly

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FABRICATION; INTEGRATION; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BOTTOM UP; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOPOROUS TEMPLATES; NANOWIRE ASSEMBLIES; VAPOR LIQUID SOLIDS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84986550328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/9789812790897_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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