Conveners
Micro and nano-crystalline materials
- Thomas F. Keller (FS-NL (FS-NL Fachgruppe Mikroskopie))
In recent years, we have come to appreciate the astounding intricacy of the formation process of minerals from ions in aqueous solutions. The original ‘textbook’ image of these phenomena, stemming from the adaptation of classical nucleation and growth theories, has increased in complexity due to the discovery of a variety of precursor and intermediate species [e.g. 1], including solute...
The ZnO(10-14) surface raised recent scientific interest for its outstanding stability despite its high indexed orientation, which results in a stepped mixed-terminated surface.[1] In this study, copper nanoparticles were grown via physical vapor deposition onto a ZnO(10-14) single crystalline surface and the structure and morphology was investigated using low energy electron diffraction, high...
Assembly of NPs into large-area monolayers on a solid substrate is fundamentally
interesting due to their unique optical and electronic properties. Furthermore, they have an impact on the creation of next-generation materials design [1] and for new devices that require monolayers with ordered structure over large areas formed with a simple method at low cost to meet the growing industrial...
Metallic silicides constitute an important part of current microelectronics, serving as Schottky barriers and ohmic contacts, gate electrodes, local interconnects, and diffusion barriers [1–3]. Silicide nanowires, self-organized on the Si(110) surface, are considered as building blocks of future nanoelectronics and have been intensively investigated [4]. However, the reports about their...
