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Surface-dependent chemical properties of silicon nanowires: The acceleration of copper oxidation

Fan Liao, +3 more
- 02 Mar 2012 - 
- Vol. 100, Iss: 9, pp 093114
TLDR
In this paper, the surface-dependent chemical properties of HF-treated silicon nanowires were investigated and shown to accelerate the oxidation rate of copper with an enhancement factor of 10,000, confirmed by x-ray diffraction semiquantitative analysis.
Abstract
HF-treated silicon nanowires exhibited surface-dependent chemical property and accelerated the oxidation rate of copper with the enhancement factor of 10 000, confirmed by x-ray diffraction semi-quantitative analysis. This unexpected oxidation characteristic would make HF-treated silicon nanowires valuable for catalysis applications.

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