Often stoichiometric amounts of gold find use in materials science; occasionally gold is even
used as a support. This review discusses the contributions of gold catalysis, both …

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 …

Nucleation theory provides a powerful tool for growth modeling of a variety of objects: from
liquid droplets to thin solid films and biological structures. Theoretical approaches based on …

We consider strained layers at the top of free-standing nanowires. We show that there exists
a radius-dependent critical layer thickness below which no interfacial dislocation should be …

We develop a nucleation-based model to explain the formation of the wurtzite phase during
the catalyzed growth of freestanding nanowires of zinc blende semiconductors. We show …

Nanowires are conventionally assumed to grow via the vapor-liquid-solid process, in which
material from the vapor is incorporated into the growing nanowire via a liquid catalyst …

Silicon nanowires have been identified as important components for future electronic and
sensor nanodevices. So far gold has dominated as the catalyst for growing Si nanowires via …

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

A review and expansion of the fundamental processes of the vapor–liquid–solid (VLS)
growth mechanism for nanowires is presented. Although the focus is on nanowires, most of …

Theoretical model for the growth of semiconductor nanowires is developed, which enables
one to determine the growth conditions under which the formation of nanowires is possible …