From covalent bonding to coalescence of metallic nanorods

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Growth of metallic nanorods by physical vapor deposition is a common practice, and the origin of their dimensions is a characteristic length scale that depends on the three-dimensional Ehrlich-Schwoebel (3D ES) barrier. For most metals, the 3D ES barrier is large...

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Main Authors: Lee Soohwan, Huang Hanchen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2011-01-01
Series:Nanoscale Research Letters
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Online Access:http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/559