Controlled synthesis of copper-silicide nanostructures

• Main Authors: Li, Shaozhou, Cai, Hui, Gan, Chee Lip, Guo, Jun, Dong, Zhili, Ma, Jan
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94268; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7413
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Octahedral-shaped, spindle-shaped, and wire-shaped Cu3Si nanostructures were synthesized through a silicon void-filling process. Faceted silicon voids were observed to spontaneously grow at the SiO2/Si interface through the catalytic effect of Cu3Si, and their shapes were modified by the stresses at...