Nanoscale Pyramids on Silicon
March Meeting 2010
Chemical etching can spontaneously transform a flat silicon surface into one consisting of nanoscale facets
Abstract
W32.00014: "Spontaneous Nanoscale Faceting of Si(100) Surfaces During Aqueous Etching"
Presented Thursday, March 18, 2010
Marc F. Faggin
Melissa A. Hines
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Chemical etching can spontaneously transform a flat silicon surface into one consisting of nanoscale facets, a process that covers the surface with tiny pyramids.
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