Where is the required lattice match in horizontal growth of nanowires?

• DOI: 10.1039/c4nr04537h
• Publication Date: 2014-09-03T09:03:39Z
• Authors: Babak Nikoobakht; Andrew Herzing
• Keywords: Lattice (music)

In metal-catalyzed horizontal growth of nanowires, our results show that the lattice match with substrate exists along width nanowire and not its length. This finding is in contrast what has been observed traditional planar nanowires could be used for fine tuning structure at nanoscale.