Bottom-up nanoarchitecture of semiconductor nano-building blocks by controllable in situ SEM-FIB thermal soldering method
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ArticleAuthors
Zhang, XuanZheng, Xiujun
Zhang, Hong
Zhang, Junli
Fu, Jiecai
Zhang, Qiang
Peng, Chaoyi
Bai, Feiming
Zhang, Xixiang
Peng, Yong
KAUST Department
Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) DivisionDate
2017-08-10Metadata
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Here we demonstrate that the building blocks of semiconductor WO3 nanowires can be controllably soldered together by a novel nano-soldering technique of in situ SEM-FIB thermal soldering, in which the soldering temperature can precisely remain in an optimal range to avoid a strong thermal diffusion.Citation
Zhang X, Zheng X, Zhang H, Zhang J, Fu J, et al. (2017) Bottom-up nanoarchitecture of semiconductor nano-building blocks by controllable in situ SEM-FIB thermal soldering method. J Mater Chem C. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7tc01668a.Sponsors
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51571104 and 11274145), MOST International Cooperation Funds (2014DFA91340), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in the University (Grant No. IRT1251).Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
J. Mater. Chem. CISSN
2050-75262050-7534
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