Growth of Self-Catalyzed InAs/InSb Axial Heterostructured Nanowires: Experiment and Theory
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Degree | Torr | Torr | nm/min | nm/min | nm/min | ||
102 ± 2 | 0.2 | 0.35 | 0.57 ± 0.07 | 2.4 ± 0.12 | 6.18 ± 0.05 | 0.384 | 0.534 |
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Arif, O.; Zannier, V.; Dubrovskii, V.G.; Shtrom, I.V.; Rossi, F.; Beltram, F.; Sorba, L. Growth of Self-Catalyzed InAs/InSb Axial Heterostructured Nanowires: Experiment and Theory. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030494
Arif O, Zannier V, Dubrovskii VG, Shtrom IV, Rossi F, Beltram F, Sorba L. Growth of Self-Catalyzed InAs/InSb Axial Heterostructured Nanowires: Experiment and Theory. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(3):494. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030494
Chicago/Turabian StyleArif, Omer, Valentina Zannier, Vladimir G. Dubrovskii, Igor V. Shtrom, Francesca Rossi, Fabio Beltram, and Lucia Sorba. 2020. "Growth of Self-Catalyzed InAs/InSb Axial Heterostructured Nanowires: Experiment and Theory" Nanomaterials 10, no. 3: 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030494