Silicon (Si) is used in various application fields such as solar cells and electric devices.
Functionalization of Si nanostructures is one way to further improve the properties of these …

Atom probe tomography has without any doubt become a routine technique to analyze the
detailed three-dimensional chemistry of materials at the nanoscale. This article provides a …

As a rising star in the family of graphene analogues, germanene shows great potential for
electronic and optical device applications due to its unique structure and electronic …

Deformation and fracture mechanisms of ultrathin Si nanowires (NWs), with diameters of
down to∼ 9 nm, under uniaxial tension and bending were investigated by using in situ …

K. Toko, R. Numata, N. Oya, N. Fukata, N. Usami, T. Suemasu; Low-temperature (180 C)
formation of large-grained Ge (111) thin film on insulator using accelerated metal-induced …

(111)-oriented Ge thin films on insulators are essential for advanced electronics and
photovoltaic applications. We investigate Al-induced crystallization of amorphous-Ge films …

Germanium (Ge) nanowire arrays are expected to be a promising channel material for high-
performance field-effect transistors (FETs) due to their excellent electronic transport …

Due to its extremely high capacity, silicon (Si) is a potentially very useful anode material for
lithium (Li) ion batteries. The key aim in the application of Si-based nanostructures to Li ion …

In the past decades, group IV nanowires and nanoparticles have been the subject of
extensive research. Beside tremendous progress in morphological control and integration in …

Abstract [Ge9] 4− Zintl clusters are used as soluble germanium source for a bottom–up
fabrication of Ge nanomorphologies such as inverse opal structures with tunable …