Crystalline boron nanowires
Abstract
Crystalline boron nanowires were produced through post-annealing amorphous boron nanowires synthesized by rf magnetron sputtering. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy was used to characterize the microstructure of the crystalline boron nanowires. Selected-area electron diffraction studies showed that the crystalline boron nanowires belong to a rhombohedral structure (β-boron), with lattice parameters of a=10.95 Å and c=23.82 Å. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy was used to characterize the chemical composition of the boron nanowires.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- January 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1536269
- Bibcode:
- 2003ApPhL..82..272W
- Keywords:
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- 61.46.+w;
- 81.07.Vb;
- 81.40.Gh;
- 79.20.Uv;
- 68.37.Lp;
- Quantum wires;
- Other heat and thermomechanical treatments;
- Electron energy loss spectroscopy;
- Transmission electron microscopy