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Seedless Growth of Bismuth Nanowire Array via Vacuum Thermal Evaporation
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Understanding ionic vacancy diffusion growth of cuprous sulfide nanowires
Xiaohua Liu1, Matthew T Mayer, Dunwei Wang
1Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center, 2609 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|March 25, 2010
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