Publications

• A Nucleation-Growth Model of Nanowires Produced by the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Process, N. Li and T. Y. Tan (to be submitted soon)
• Transition Region Width of Nanowire Hetero- and pn-junctions Grown Using Vapor-Liquid-Solid Processes, N. Li, T. Y. Tan, and U. Goesele(accepted by Appl. Phys. A)
• Predominance of Alternate Diffusion Mechanisms for Interstitial-Substitutional Impurities in Si, H. Li, N. Li, and T. Y. Tan, MRS 2007 Spring Conference Proceedings, vol. 994
• Chemical Tension in VLS nanostructure Growth Process: From Nanohillocks to Nanowires, N. Li, T. Y. Tan, and U. Goesele, MRS 2007 Spring Conference Proceedings, vol. 1017E
• Crystallization of Amorphous SiO2 Microtubes Catalyzed by Lithium Vapor, L. Zhao, N. Li, A. Langner et. al., Adv. Funct. Mater., 17(12), pages 1952-1957, 2007
• Chemical Tension and Global Equilibrium in VLS Nanostructure Growth Process: From Nanohillocks to Nanowires, N. Li, T. Y. Tan, and U. Goesele, Appl. Phys. A, 86, pages 433-330, 2007
• Mechanisms of Gettering Metallic Precipitates from Silicon Using Optical Processing, N. Li, T. Y. Tan, and B. L. Sopori, Extended Abstracts and Papers, 16th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells & Modules: Materials and Processing, page194, 2006
• Modeling Metallic Precipitates Dissolution in Silicon under Point Defect Injection, N. Li, H. Li, and T. Y. Tan, technique report, under NREL subcontract XAD-4-33653-01, 2005.
• Gettering of Metallic Precipitates with Volume Misfits, N. Li, H. Li, and T. Y. Tan, Extended Abstracts and Papers, 14th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells & Modules: Materials and Processing, page 238, 2004
• On the Thermodynamic Size Limit of Nanowires Grown by the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Process, T. Y. Tan, N. Li, and U. Gosele, Appl. Phys. A, 78, pages 519-526, 2004
• Is There a Thermodynamic Size Limit of Nanowires Grown by the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Process? T. Y. Tan, N. Li, and U. Gosele, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83(6), pages 1199-1201, 2003