Low temperature solid-state wetting and formation of nanowelds in silver nanowires

Nanotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 38, 2017, Pages

  Radmilović, Vuk V ^a   Göbelt, Manuela ^b   Ophus, Colin ^c   Christiansen, Silke ^b,d,e   Spiecker, Erdmann ^f   Radmilović, Velimir R ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO); nanoweld formation; nanowire sintering; Silver nanowires (AgNWs); solid state wetting

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELDING; WETTING;

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTAL LATTICE STRAIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; NANOWELD FORMATION; SILVER NANOWIRES; SOLID-STATE WETTING;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 85029081121     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa7eb8     Document Type: Article

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