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Synthesis of Silicon Nano-Dendrites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Saion Sinha ,
Bo Gao  and
Otto Zhou
Saion Sinha
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, U.S.A.
Bo Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, U. S. A.
Otto Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, U. S. A.
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Abstract

Recent interests on the science at nanometer-scale, have led to successful synthesis of a growing number of nanostructures such as zero-dimension semiconductor quantum dots [1] and C60 fullerene [2] and one-dimensional carbon nanotubes [3], metallic nanowires [4] and inorganic nanorods [5]. More complex structures/junctions beyond simple dots and lines that are essential for eventual molecular electronic applications, however, have not been realized via non-lithographic methods. Here we report the synthesis of a new branched silicon nanostructure which we call Silicon Nano-Dendrite (SiND) by Laser ablation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 676: Symposium Y – Synthesis, Functional Properties and Applications of Nanostructures , 2001 , Y2.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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