Directed deposition of silicon nanowires using neopentasilane as precursor and gold as catalyst [PDF]
, 2012 In this work the applicability of neopentasilane (Si(SiH3)4) as a precursor for the formation of silicon nanowires by using gold nanoparticles as a catalyst has been explored.
Auner, Norbert +6 more
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Pulsed PECVD growth of silicon nanowires on various substrates [PDF]
, 2007 Silicon nanowires with high aspect ratio were grown using PPECVD and a gold catalyst on a variety of different substrates. The morphology of the nanowires was investigated for a range of crystalline silicon, glass, metal, ITO coated and amorphous silicon
Cornish, J.C.L., Parlevliet, D.
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Understanding of the Retarded Oxidation Effects in Silicon Nanostructures [PDF]
, 2012 In-depth understanding of the retarded oxidation phenomenon observed during the oxidation of silicon nanostructures is proposed. The wet thermal oxidation of various silicon nanostructures such as nanobeams, concave/convex nanorings and nanowires ...
Han, X. -L., Krzeminski, C., Larrieu, G.
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The impacts of surface conditions on the vapor-liquid-solid growth of germanium nanowires on Si (100) substrate [PDF]
, 2008 The impacts of surface conditions on the growth of Ge nanowires on a Si (100) substrate are discussed in detail. On SiO2-terminated Si substrates, high-density Ge nanowires can be easily grown. However, on H-terminated Si substrates, growing Ge nanowires
C. B. Li +6 more
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Ga+ beam lithography for suspended lateral beams and nanowires [PDF]
, 2010 The authors demonstrate the fabrication of suspended nanowires and doubly clamped beams by using a focused ion beam implanted Ga etch mask followed by an inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching of silicon.
Henry, M. David +2 more
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Molecular beam epitaxy of InAs nanowires in SiO2 nanotube templates: challenges and prospects for integration of III-Vs on Si [PDF]
, 2016 Guided growth of semiconductor nanowires in nanotube templates has been considered as a potential platform for reproducible integration of III-Vs on silicon or other mismatched substrates.
Dubrovskii, Vladimir G. +8 more
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Cu-catalyzed Si-NWS grown on “carbon paper” as anodes for Li-ion cells [PDF]
, 2019 The very high theoretical capacity of the silicon (4200mAh/g more than 10 times larger than graphite), environmental-friendly, abundant and low-cost, makes it a potential candidate to replace graphite in high energy density Li-ion batteries.
Della Seta, L. +9 more
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Synthesis of large-area and aligned copper oxide nanowires from copper thin film on silicon substrate [PDF]
, 2007 Large-area and aligned copper oxide nanowires have been synthesized by thermal annealing of copper thin films deposited onto silicon substrate. The effects of the film deposition method, annealing temperature, film thickness, annealing gas, and ...
Alphonse, Pierre +4 more
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Gunn Effect in Silicon Nanowires: Charge Transport under High Electric Field [PDF]
, 2017 Gunn (or Gunn-Hilsum) Effect and its associated negative differential resistivity (NDR) emanates from transfer of electrons between two different energy bands in a semiconductor.
Anantram, M. P. +5 more
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, 2013 We perform molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the reduction of the thermal conductivity by kinks in silicon nanowires. The reduction percentage can be as high as 70% at room temperature.
Jiang, Jin-Wu +3 more
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