About Some Fundamental Aspects of the Growth Mechanism Vapor-Liquid-Solid Nanowires

Figure 4

The sequence of stages of the formation of NWs pedestals in the Au-Si system in the Au-Si system (a), high-resolution electron microscopic image (JEM-4010) of the initial cone-shaped section of Si NWs epitaxial growth [21] (b), and a schematic representation of NWs at the initial stage of VLS growth (c).

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