Oxide‐Assisted Growth of Silicon and Related Nanowires: Growth Mechanism, Structure and Properties

Introduction Oxide-Assisted Nanowire Growth Discovery of Oxide-Assisted Growth Oxide-Assisted Nucleation Mechanism Oxide-Assisted Growth Mechanism Comparison between Metal Catalyst VLS Growth and OAG Control of SiNW Nanostructures in OAG Morphology Control by Substrate Temperature Diameter Control of Nanowires Large-Area Aligned and Long SiNWs via Flow Control Si Nanoribbons Nanowires of Si Compounds by Multistep Oxide-Assisted Synthesis Nanocables Metal Silicide/SiNWs from Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc Implantation Synthesis of Oriented SiC Nanowires Implementation of OAG to Different Semiconducting Materials Chemical Properties of SiNWs Stability of H-Terminated SiNW Surfaces Reduction of Metals in Liquid Solutions Chemical Sensing of SiNWs Use of SiNWs as Templates for Nanomaterial Growth Optical and Electrical Properties of SiNWs Raman and PL of SiNWs Field Emission from Different Si-Based Nanostructures STM and STS Measurements of SiNWs and B-Doped SiNWs Periodic Array of SiNW Heterojunctions Modeling High Reactivity of Silicon Suboxide Vapor Thermal and Chemical Stabilities of Pure Silicon Nanostructured Materials Structural Transition in Silicon Nanostructures Thinnest Stable Short Silicon Nanowires Silicon Nanotubes Thermal and Chemical Stabilities of Hydrogenated Silicon Nanostructures Structural Properties of Hydrogenated Silicon Nanocrystals and Nanoclusters Size-Dependent Oxidation of Hydrogenated Silicon Clusters Summary Acknowledgement References