Semiconductor nanowires have attracted extensive interest as one of the best-defined
classes of nanoscale building blocks for the bottom-up assembly of functional electronic and …

Nanoscale inorganic materials such as quantum dots (0-dimensional) and one-dimensional
(1D) structures, such as nanowires, nanobelts and nanotubes, have gained tremendous …

Semiconductor nanowires have recently emerged as a new class of materials with
significant potential to reveal new fundamental physics and to propel new applications in …

III–V nanowires (NWs) have been envisioned as nanoscale materials for next-generation
technology with good functionality, superior performance, high integration ability and low …

We have used transient terahertz photoconductivity measurements to assess the efficacy of
two-temperature growth and core− shell encapsulation techniques on the electronic …

Topological insulators, a new quantum state of matter, create exciting opportunities for
studying topological quantum physics and for exploring spintronic applications due to their …

We demonstrate vertically aligned epitaxial GaAs nanowires of excellent crystallographic
quality and optimal shape, grown by Au nanoparticle-catalyzed metalorganic chemical …

A facile microwave-hydrothermal approach has been used to synthesize single-crystalline
Fe3O4nanowires within 15 min at 150° C. The Fe3O4nanowires, after decorating with …

The time-resolved conductivity of isolated GaAs nanowires is investigated by optical-pump
terahertz-probe time-domain spectroscopy. The electronic response exhibits a pronounced …

Present day nanowire solar cells have reached an efficiency of 17.8%. Nanophotonic
engineering by nanowire tapering allows for high solar light absorption. In combination with …